A southbound BNSF stack train wraps around the Caliente horseshoe curve.

A southbound BNSF manifest lead by a nice 4714 grinds uphill between Tunnels 1 and 2.

Two BNSF stack trains meet at Caliente on a gorgeous spring day.

BNSF eastbound Richmond to Chicago train QRICCHI starts the hard climb up the Tehachapi grade at Caliente

A southbound BSNF manifest led by a pair of Fakebonnets rounds the curve at Caliente.

a nice clean rebuilt SD40T-2 leads a pair of GP60's climbing eastbound into tunnel 2 in the Tehachapi Mountains near the west end of Bealville siding.

A southbound UP manifest emerges from the "Narrows", just north of the Caliente horseshoe curve.

A extra Dallas, TX to Tacoma, WA stack train decends the grade into Caliente on the Mojave Sub.

Two trains meet at Caliente at sunset.

The last of three detoured southbound Coast Starlight grinds uphill through Caliente on Tehachapi Pass.

A trio of BNSF Dash-9s holds back a long northbound manifest train as it slowly winds its way down grade between Bealville and Caliente on Tehachapi Pass.

A Union Pacific tri-deck train rolls through the first tunnel of Tehachapi Pass on its way south.

On a hazy afternoon, Five Santa Fe cowl engines with 1 FP45 and 4 F45's head Westbound downhill with a Intermodal train. Also note the caboose bringing up the rear of the train at the far right.

Not so Caliente at Caliente With rain and snow only a few hours away, temperatures start to fall into the low 30s on the pass. At Caliente, the temperature was 38F degrees; which is not so ... (more)