BNSF 7691 approaches Tunnel 2 on the train's trek up Tehachapi Pass.

As spring reaches it's peak, BNSF 8368 drags a train of empty grain hoppers up Tehachapi Pass near Bealville.

A Northbound "Z" train drops downgrade at Bealville.

BNSF's Barstow to Modesto freight passes the control point at MP 370-Cameron crossover.

BNSF 5111 climbs upgrade towards Bealville. Shot on Fuji Velvia 50 and is the film companion shot of photo 828821.

Helper power, attached to the rear of a loaded grain train, descends around the horseshoe curve at Caliente, crossing the seasonal Caliente Creek.

BNSF 6621 leads a Southbound priority "Z" train into Woodford.

Having just traversed the famed Tehachapi Loop, BNSF 4271 climbs through the cut around Tunnel 10 that allowed for the connection of Walong and Marcel sidings.

BNSF 4245 is about to plunge through Tunnel 2, just prior to Bealville.

The brakeman on BNSF 146 radios the engineer on the BNSF 122 to move into the BNSF yard to pick up another string of cars for switching.

A crew has arrived to board Union Pacific 7418. This view from Pepper Street also shows BNSF 7338 waiting for a crew. Behind the BNSF 7338 is HLRX 3002, a former Arizona & California GP-30.

BNSF 146 and BNSF 122 prepare to head back into the yard in San Diego to pick up another string of cars to switch. In the background is the the big United States Navy shipyard.

Because of a meet with a northbound freight (BNSF H-BARPAS1-22A), BNSF's V-RICWAT4-22A sits in Caliente, in the lower reaches of southern California's Tehachapi Mountains (at 1291-feet, and this i... (more)

Rays from the setting sun find a few leaks in the cloud cover as BNSF 5960 makes it's way through Sandcut.

Butthead cow and a homemade calf.