Amtrak's detouring northbound Coast Starlight makes the most of its track speed as it races across the slight incline at Monolith as it approaches the summit of Tehachapi Pass.

Early afternoon at Monolith on UP's Mojave Sub finds BNSF 7199 N leading the QCHISTO with a KCS unit 3rd out.

Nothing glints like a nice shiny train!On a hazy but comfortable Feb afternoon a surprise officer special ights up as it passes the famous Portland Cement Factory East of Tehachapi.

BNSF ES44C4 #6906 approaching Tehachapi Summit on the point of a northbound stack train.

Light power races westward across the Tehachapi Valley as an eastbound manifest fades into the distance.

UP 2624 now sporting a large yellow stripe on it's plow leads the MFRWC near the old SP location of Eric.

Eastbound intermodal train starting it's descent into Mojave and points east approaching Cameron

BNSF 8053 races east on a cold and frosty morning at Monolith.

Union Pacific’s “Blitz local” switches 3 cars of coal for the huge Monolith cement plant just east of Tehachapi, California, on March 8, 2001. Even though it is a UP local, the three Souther... (more)

Short and Fast

Just two days before Christmas 1978, a hot Santa Fe intermodal train climbs the eastern grade of the Tehachapi Mountain crossing as it approaches Monolith. This train... (more)

A clean BNSF tier4 leads a fast moving Barstow to Pasco manifest in the late evening.

This bare table train just got done passing the big concrete plant at Monolith.

With the evening sun dropping fast behind the hills in the Tehachapi valley, a northbound BNSF manifest freight with a colorful mix of motive power races toward Bakersfield as it passes through Mo... (more)

3 tier4's lead UP's Fresno to West Colton train near the hwy 58 overpass as it races across the Tehachapi Valley.