SP local freight heading out for a day's work.
Putting the `oilcans' together for a trip over the Tehachapi's.
An ATSF GP 35 in the pre yellow bonnet yellow/blue paint scheme near the Bakersfield roundhouse.
A Southern Pacific SW1500 leads British Columbia's "Royal Hudson" 4-6-4 2860 off the Santa Fe and onto the SP for the trip over the Tehachapi Mountains on the train's trip to Los Angeles.
Amtrak's rerouted Coast Starlight departs Bakersfield at 12:25pm to begin its historic journey up and over the Tehachapi Mountains.
A regular Amtrak P42DC in the Amtrak California motive power pool prepares to lead San Joaquin #703 to Sacramento.
British Columbia's "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-CP 2860) operated to Los Angeles in 1977 to promote tourism to the Canadian province. It is seen here southbound meeting an Amtrak "San Joaquin" in the ... (more)
SJVR GP15-1 #110 and GP20E #2043 throttle up to bring their train onto the Arvin Branch.
A BNSF Manifest departs from the Bakersfield BNSF Yard.
The SJVR is seen at the West End of Bakerfield yard making a set out into a stub track. These cars are off the Oil City Branch job.
717 sits in Bakersfield while crews get it ready for its 3:45 departure.
San Joaquin Valley Railroad, obviously ex-California Northern GP15T and an ex-Southern Pacific GP20 are spotted sitting in the Union Pacific yard.
The old SP roundtable built in 1930 still stands in Bakersfield, the shed has been removed but the tracks still remain, seen off picture to the left.
A BNSF cement train arrives into Bakersfield for a crew change, headed north. On the south side, you see Bakersfield High School shops, which used to be Santa Fe shops, years prior. Behind the pho... (more)
