An eastbound intermodal train drops downgrade on Tehachapi Pass at Warren Curve near Mojave, California, on March 8, 1996. Leading the train is venerable Santa Fe EMD SD45 No. 5387, along with a p... (more)

Southern Pacific SD40T-2 No. 8387 profiles its “snoot” nose on the night of February 28, 1988 at Mojave, California. The SP’s 8300 series featured extended noses for radio control equipment.

An aerial shot of Mojave, CA. The UP Mojave sub can be seen coming down from the mountains into its namesake town. Also visible on the right are several aircraft from the Mojave aircraft boneyard.... (more)

BNSF 8191, an EX BN white face SD60 leads a Southbound intermodal out of the Tehachapi's at MP 377 north of Mojave.

A westbound Santa Fe manifest roars through the first reverse curve west of Mojave as it climbs Tehachapi's east side.

UP742 heads up the 2.2% plank on Tehachapi's east slope.

A Southern Pacific freight led by the ever-present Tunnel Motors, crosses Oak Creek Road grade crossing at Mojave, California, on the night of February, 28, 1988.

Late afternoon north of Mojave finds this northbound with a GE/EMD mixture heading up the grade towards Tehachapi Pass.

A short drive through Mojave led me to discover an interesting SD60M on the point of a rock train waiting to enter the maintrack of the Mojave Subdivision from the Lone Pine Subdivision.

California Dreamin'! This scene is surely not the poster board look for California. Union Pacific 1989 helps bring a long loaded auto train through the dry deserts of California near Mojav... (more)

A Southern Pacific freight pauses at Mojave, California at the eastern foot of Tehachapi Pass on February 29, 1988. This winter evening, stormy clouds are still rolling off the Tehachapi Mountains... (more)

As the desert sun sets, a 10,000-ton coal train off the UP at Barstow roars up the stiff grade out of Mojave into the Tehachapi Mountains. The coal train is headed for a cogenerator in the San Joa... (more)

A westbound intermodal train with a Cotton Belt GP60 on the point grinds up the stiff grade out of Mojave with a Santa Fe manifest right on his tail.

A cool night at Mojave, California, on February 28, 1988, finds assorted Southern Pacific locomotives and a caboose resting until called to duty again in the morning. SP SD40-2r No. 7359 seems to ... (more)

Not long after being repainted back into the red & silver, a pair of FP45s leads a Santa Fe 589 train up the steep grade out of Mojave, CA, on Tehachapi's southeastern slope. The smoke here is com... (more)