On a hot afternoon in August 1974, a westbound with all six-axle power heads into tunnel 2.
With dusk descending on the Tehachapi Mountains, a slight mist is falling at tunnel 2 as a manifest with seven locomotives up front pound the heavy air with their exhaust, the headlight of the lea... (more)
The eastbound "Oilcans" grinds upgrade to cross the Tehachapi Mountains with typically (for this late date) grubby power.
The Oil Cans meet a westbound Santa Fe intermodal train at the west end of Bealville siding.
A four-unit helper assists a heavy manifest out of the Pacific Northwest up the steep grade at the west end of Bealville siding.
A big SP manifest headed for the LA Basin blasts upgrade at tunnel 2.
Santa Fe 5615 West descends the large fill that connects tunnel 2 and tunnel 1 just above Caliente.
Newly repainted, ex-Amtrak SDP40F 5264 (called "SDF40" by the Santa Fe) leads an eastbound manifest into tunnel 2.
Santa Fe 8704 West snakes through the curves at the west end of Bealville and heads toward tunnel 2.
Having run around two other trains waiting to go west, SP 8305 West drops down out of Allard and heads into tunnel 2.
SP trains meet at tunnel 2 on a beautiful spring afternoon, with the uphill holding the main.
A C30-7 on the point of a westbound bursts out of tunnel 2.
Two brand-new "slave" SD40T-2s lead an SP westbound at tunnel 2 on a hot summer day.
An monster manifest headed up the Tehachapi grade at tunnel 2 has several 20-cylinder locomotives in its long power consist.
Four big GE U-boats roar upgrade on the approach to tunnel 2 with a hot pig train out of Portland headed for LA.
