Surrounded by the snow capped San Bernardino Mountains an eastbound BNSF stack climbs uphill towards the Summit of Cajon Pass.

UP 9085 thunders upgrade on the approach to the Tehachapi Loop.

UP 8587 descends aroung the horseshoe curve at Caliente, near the bottom of Tehachapi Pass.

BNSF 5250 rolls out of Monolith in preparation for descending the South slope of the Tehachapi Pass.

The city lights of Bakersfield silhouette the cut at Sandcut as the EOT of a Northbound UP train rounds the last curve of the Tehachapi Pass, before reaching Bakersfield.

A long way from home, CP 7032 leads a Westbound oil train through California's Mojave Desert at Jimgrey, 25 miles West of Barstow.

Making its first stop after departing Los Angeles is Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief. P42DCs 183 and 64 will handle this train for the remaining 2,239 miles to Chicago. With... (more)

An "almost A-B-A" set of Santa Fe GP60s winds around Tehachapi Loop. Things are not quite as they may seem. The GP60 trio is actually in helper service, so at this point they are assis... (more)

A pair of year old Southern Pacific AC4400WCs leads a westbound freight downgrade around Tehachapi Loop. The cleanliness of the GEs and a lack of graffiti on the freight cars dates this photo.

A mid-morning local freight rolls east near Denair Ca.

Tonnage bound for California's Imperial Valley conforms to the many curves on the western slope of Beaumont Hill as it seeks to achieve the summit.

UP Rio Grande Heritage unit #1989 leads the Long Beach to Denver Z at Blue Cut.

A colorful westbound QNYCLAC passes Verdemont in the early morning.

Perfect timing took place at Blue Cut between BNSF 717 leading eastbound geo train ULACCHI, and UP 2552 with a colorful lashup above on the Mojave Sub with the MWCNP.

UP 6965 hustles a westbound special across the Yuma Sub as it approaches the siding at Mortmar.