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SP 6788 East-the
BKDOU-rolls through
the town of Acton at
milepost 425.8. Five six-
axle units are the stan-
dard head-end power
for the loaded oil cans,
while another seven
units have been cut into
the train two thirds of the
way back as helpers.

climb. The sole surviving siding in the canyon is Ravenna. It saw the removal of many of the then-redundant signals in the
is host to many meets and is equally photogenic with wind- Acton area, including a cantilever-type signal at the "east"
ing curves throughout its length. end of the old Paris siding.
East of Ravenna, Crown Valley Road is an alternative to Two miles west of Vincent the road begins to climb in ele-
Soledad Canyon Road, as Crown Valley Road snakes along vation quicker than the railroad and the two separate, with
beside the tracks, while Soledad Canyon Road climbs along the main line disappearing as it twists its way through a small
the hillside above. Soledad Canyon Road provides the best valley. A half mile west of Vincent, Soledad Canyon Road ends
opportunities during the evenings and you will not get and empties out on to Sierra Highway. A right turn will take
blocked by trains as you would on the other road. Both roads you to a couple of nice vantage points above the tracks, one
meet again after only a mile and a half in the town of Acton. just "east" of Vincent on a nice sharp S-curve coming around
Acton was the location of the Paris siding, but it has been the hill and the other at the "east" end of Vincent.
slowly dismantled during the past couple of years. May 1991 At Vincent, the apex of the Saugus Line, the railroad be-

Eastbound at milepost
435.7-but traveling al-
most due west-SP 7 417
has a doublestack train
in tow as it approaches
the Soledad Canyon
Road overpass on Nov.
2, 1990.
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