SPdeM crews are used to mountains in Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit states, but nothing quite as magnificent as Mt. Shasta.
Showing home-road pride, both loco and caboose arrive in fresh paint - but lots of road dirt.
Just arrived from Emplame, Sonora, SPdeM #606 checks in at Black Butte.
This Spectrum 2-8-0 runs nicely, but "C&O" and coal burners definitely don't fit on the Siskiyou Southern! It needs an oil...