One of the hottest trains on Conrail's River Line was TVLA. It handled a solid TOFC consist from North Bergen, NJ to Los Angeles, CA via a connection with the Santa Fe at Corwith Yard in Chicago (where it became QNYLA). TVLA was scheduled to depart North Bergen at 7:30am and usually did so on time. In the spring and summer months it was possible get a bit of sun on the nose in places as the train headed north. TVLA is seen here motoring through CP7 in Bogota at 8:00am on the nose, laying down a hazy trail of exhaust in the process. No doubt the River Line dispatcher was working to keep the train moving along at track speed. 3-4 four-axle units was the norm on TVLA in the early 90s.
