As the mist slowly rises above Tunnel 17, UP 2735 leads an officers special upgrade toward the town of Tehachapi.
A quartet of BNSF Railway locomotives serve as DPU's on a Mojave-bound freight train ascending the world famous Tehachapi Pass.
ATSF 8025 East fights 2.2% worth of gravity around the horseshoe curve between Allard and Bealville, CA on the line over Tehachapi. The spring colors lasted late that year, and are beginning to br... (more)
Five Super Fleet units are in charge of the 199 train as it begins the descent into the San Joaquin Valley.
About to cross over itself.
UP 9911 leads a southbound train of baretables through Tehachapi. Thick cloud cover had the pass socked in, and we were lucky with a sucker hole for this train.
On a chilly but still afternoon in December 1990, SP 7447 West rolls off the summit of Tehachapi Pass and passes under the famous cantilever signal bridge at the west end of Tehachapi. During this... (more)
UP's 3988 is heading towards the famous Tehachapi Loop after waiting for some 30 min on a red signal.
Shortly before reaching the summit, train IBRLC screams through Tehachapi Valley after winding and grinding up the steady 2% grade from Bakersfield.
After clearing the last tunnel on Tehachapi Pass at cable, IBRLC approaches the town of Tehachapi with a trio of EMD products.
A BNSF stack train blasts uphill near tunnel 2 in Tehachapi.
BNSF 8026 leads an intermodal train past CP Woodford as it snakes through the Tehachapi mountains.
As Southern Pacific SD45R #7486 shoves on the caboose on the rear of an Eastbound train, Santa Fe F-45 #5955 passes by heading Westbound.
Working upgrade into Cable, BNSF 3996 has a heavy eastbound Q train well in hand as it exits the 259-foot-long bore that is Tunnel 17.
On a cool evening in Tehachapi mountains, a westbound BNSF Z train drops downgrade through the famous Tehachapi Loop and meets an eastbound freight waiting patiently in the siding at Woodford. Aft... (more)