A Screamin' Eagle in Espee country. Sharply dressed in two tones of blue representing the Missouri Pacific railroad UP 1982 hums up the eastern slope of the Tehachapi Pass at Warren, located north... (more)

A pair of freshly delivered ES44C4s, BNSF 7121 and 7122, team with a pair of older GEs to lift a eastbound stack train up and over the Tehachapi grade. BNSF 7007, a westbound vehicle train, gives ... (more)

With the rear of its train visible down below, a southbound BNSF intermodal digs hard into the climb from Caliente up toward Bealville and ultimately the summit at Tehachapi.

With evening beginning to settle in around the Tehachapi mountains, a northbound UP manifest freight with a brand new GE leader rolls downgrade through the Woodford area as it heads up California'... (more)

A warm July morning on Tehachapi Pass finds a southbound UP mixed freight bound for West Colton starting into grade at Caliente.

Late afternoon near the town of Tehachapi finds a northbound UP manifest freight with a new GE ES45AH "Heavy" leader heading downgrade through Cable as it slowly makes the descent toward Bakersfie... (more)

A refreshing sight to see as point power these days, a BNSF Heritage I Dash 9 leads a southbound doublestack container train through Bealville in the Tehachapi mountains.

Early morning south of Bakersfield at Sandcut finds a southbound UP mixed freight starting through the curves, and will soon be tackling the stiff grades over the Tehachapi range.

With afternoon thunderclouds building overhead, a southbound BNSF coiled steel train works upgrade through the Woodford area in the Tehachapi mountains.

Passing underneath the venerable and soon to be retired ex-SP signal bridge north of Mojave, a three unit set of brand new ES45AH's from GE are the head end power on a southbound UP manifest headi... (more)

Not long after sunrise in the Tehachapi mountains, a southbound Union Pacific manifest freight works through the Bealville area as it heads toward West Colton.

One of Union Pacific's newer SD70ACes acts as the lone distributed power unit on the rear end of a northbound domestic container train as it rolls downgrade toward Bealville from Tunnel 2.

Dropping into the high desert near Mojave, UP 8099 and two other recently delivered ES45AH's power a southbound manifest through the Warren area on the eastern end of Tehachapi Pass.

A warm summer morning in the Tehachapi mountains above Tunnel 10 finds a southbound UP mixed freight heading toward West Colton with a decade old SD70M on the point.

During the last few moments of the pre-sunrise blue hour, a southbound Union Pacific manifest with three brand new ES45AH "Heavies" up front climbs the last several miles toward Tehachapi Summit o... (more)