A Union Pacific autorack train descends the 2.2% grade as it nears the entrance to Tunnel #1 between Bealville and Caliente, CA.

The sun sinks in the western sky, framed by an aging Southern Pacific cantilever signal bridge.

UP 1989 leads a West Colton to Fresno manifest, as it approaches Tunnel #5 at the north end of Cliff.

As storm clouds begin to clear, BNSF 7709 South works up the 2% grade, as it approaches Tunnel #2 on Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision.

Five Trona Railway EMDs lug 12 loaded covered hoppers, and a long string of coal empties out of the Searles Valley. In 23 miles the train will reach the summit at Searles where the cars will be i... (more)

A cold winter morning finds Union Pacific's ZBRLC rolling through Cameron, as it descends towards Mojave and warmer temperatures.

UP 1989 leads the MWCFR, as it crests the summit at Tehachapi after a slow climb up the east side of the Tehachapi Mountains.

A small hole in the clouds momentarily opens up allowing the sunlight to illuminate BNSF 744 south, as it rounds the curve into Marcel on its uphill climb through the Tehachapi Mountains.

An ex. Southern Pacific Police caboose, now used as a shoving platform for this remote controlled yard job, brings up the rear as an ex. Missouri Pacific GP38-2 leads it short train toward Kern Jc... (more)

Wrapped around the horseshoe curve at Bealville, the head end of a Union Pacific manifest emerges from behind a hill, as the rear portion of its train can be seen in the distance.

In early morning light, an eastbound Union Pacific stack train follows the winding course of the Mojave River, as it rolls through Afton Canyon.

Having just pulled to a stop with their unit train loaded with soda ash, five Trona Railway EMDs idle in the cool desert air, as the twilight sky signals the end to another day in the high desert ... (more)

Shortly after beginning its downhill run at Tehachapi, UP 1995 rounds the curve just above Cable X-Over with two other EMDs and a West Colton to Fresno manifest in tow.

UP 1995 leads an all EMD consist on a Fresno bound manifest, as it works up the #2 track toward Cameron on the eastern slope of the Tehachapi Mountains.

A fresh dusting of snow, and some low hanging clouds greet Union Pacific's ZBRLC, as it races across the Tehachapi Valley near Monolith.