End of train at the Loop
BNSF 6977 passes under the the canteliver signal bridge in downtown Tehachapi.
UP's Northbound ZLCLT passes a ballast train tied down in the Summit siding.
As a storm front approaches town, a southbound manifest freight is nearing the summit as it heads towards Barstow.
SP SD7 No. 2704 and mates wait for permission from the Valley-Mountain dispatcher in Bakersfield to head light down the mountain after helping an eastbound manifest. Many of SP's SD7s were deliver... (more)
A southbound BNSF intermodal train begins looping itself on a weather/picture perfect day in May. No haze, no clouds, light wind, 55 degrees. The plane and its pilot were chartered at the Tehach... (more)
Early morning catch as this DPU rolls under the signals on this train bound for the Tehachapi Loop.
A nighttime stroll through Tehachapi finds this little gem near the depot museum.
Cruisin' the by-ways of California on my rented Heritage.
A trio of Union Pacific SD70Ms top the Tehachapi pass on the point of the ZBRLC. The "Brooklyn" is beginning its down grade run to Mojave and passing MP 364 & the MP 363.8 searchlight just west of... (more)
A long and heavy BNSF Northbound LPG unit tank train works hard on the last mile of the climb to Tehachapi Summit, as it passes under the high-wide detector at MP 363.8. If you look closely you ca... (more)
BNSF 7283 is entering tunnel #2
SP Tunnel Motor #8544 exits Tunnel 1 and heads down to Caliente.
A mix of locomotives on a mixed freight -- one of the best things about the SP.
Crossing Tehachapi Creek below the Loop.
