A helper set, consisting of SP 9029, UP 3448 and two more SP locomotives, heads westbound around Tehachapi Loop.

A quartet of GEs leads a southbound Z up and around the iconic Tehachapi Loop on a gorgeous late summer morning. The hill was quite busy this August day, this being fourth train to traverse the lo... (more)

BNSF crews look at the result of a sideswipe wreck at Tehachapi Summit.

UP 1995 reaches Tehachapi Summit with the ILBOA in tow.

SP9817 exits Tunnel 10 with its train of Road-Railers.

After stopping at Tehachapi Summit, SP 8236, SP 8249 and the rest of the head-end power for the BKDOU, also known as the Oil Cans, has cut off from its train and is in the process of picking up th... (more)

A BNSF mixed freight continues upgrade at Tehachapi Loop, about to cross over itself. The train was on the lowest level of tracks in the picture going away from the photographer, passed left to r... (more)

A BNSF stack grinds upgrade around the loop at Tehachapi. This was my first visit to the pass and I must admit it lives up its reputation.

Now that the mid-train helper set has been cut out, SP 9355 East has stopped after backing down to re-connect to the back half of its train while a westbound Santa Fe intermodal races by. The hel... (more)

UP5767 is almost to the summit of the Tehachapi as it blasts thru Cable....

The DPU on a UP stack train ascending to Tehachapi snakes through the curves at Marcel.

BNSF grain train G EDIGUC9 31 passes the endangered ABS signals at Monolith on it's way to feed the cows in Guernsey, CA.

A southbound BNSF intermodal train winds around a horseshoe curve at Keene, CA on a weather/picture perfect day in May. The Chavez Center is in the middle of the horseshoe. No haze, no clouds, ... (more)

The conductor of SP 2704 is about to throw the switch so the SD7 and her mates can cross over from the east- to the westbound main and return to Bakersfield after helping a manifest up the hill to... (more)

End of train at the Loop