Northbound (Bakersfield) manifest freight under the glow of a setting sun, glides downhill under dynamic braking with some foreign NS power. Being from the Pittsburgh,PA area, seeing some "native"... (more)
Northbound (Bakersfield) manifest freight glides downhill under dynamic braking with some foreign CSX power. Having just flown in from PA earlier in the day, seeing some "native" power was good ka... (more)
A 4 unit intermodal train is tackling steep grade as it swings around the horseshoe curve at Caliente
BNSF 764 leads a northbound intermodal train departs Bealville after having met a southbound intermodal that also had a warbonnet Dash-9 on the point.
A unit coil-train can be seen in its entirety around the Caliente horseshoe.
PRS passenger extra is snaking downgrade about to enter tunnel 2 above Caliente, the lead unit in the attractive Amtrak Heritage paint scheme.
A BNSF heavy steel coil train snakes downhill into Tunnel 2. The DPU units can be seen on the tail end.
A southbound intermodal/hi-railer rounds the Caliente Horseshoe and bites into the rail for the climb to Tunnel 1.
A BNSF steel train digs into the grade up the Tehachapi Pass as it rounds the horseshoe curve at Caliente. There are two DPU's on the rear also.
The late afternoon sun highlights the wings on the nose of the lead unit heading up a long UP intermodal train as it struggles uphill at Tunnel two just outside of Caliente. A lone DPU pusher is... (more)
Two DPU's are in full dynamics as a unit coil train descends the grade towards Caliente having just exited Tunnel 2.
Two DPU's are pushing hard on a manifest freight as it climbs toward the Allard horseshoe having just exited Tunnel 2.
A Southbound manifest freight is about to enter Tunnel 2 as it continues its climb towards Tehachapi Summit.
BNSF 6615 leads the last northbound train over Tehachapi Pass before a long work window. Here the four GEs work hard to hold back stacks as they descend towards Caliente.
Amtrak heritage unit 156 leads a PRS special through Caliente as its about to hit the Tehachapi grade.
