Southern Pacific train No. 52, the southbound "San Joaquin Daylight," running south of Caliente in the Tehachapi Mountains of Southern California in January 1960. Photo by Southern Pacif... (more)
BNSF 4042 leads a six-pack of power with a northbound manifest through the horseshoe curve at Caliente, CA. At this date it was nearly the end for the SP-era searchlight signals.
Rolling to a stop at Caliente, BNSF 8114's assault on the northern slope of Tehachapi Pass has briefly been halted as it will pause to wait for heavy, northbound BNSF grain train to drop down. In ... (more)