Climbing out of Caliente and approaching tunnel #2

Climbing out of Caliente and approaching tunnel #2

Detouring Amtrak #11, the Coast Starlight, is approaching Caliente, CA which marks the beginning of the grade over the Tehachapi's by way of the loop. Cascades unit #470 and P42 #179 make up the r... (more)

With a string of empty grain cars on the drawbar, three BNSF C44-9w's head upgrade out of Caliente, CA and head for Tehachapi. The two lead units reflect the faded glory of the now gone Santa Fe.

Union Pacific train ILBOA 08 (Long Beach, CA to Oakland, CA), led by ES44AC 7712, splits the signals as it heads north through Caliente, California, in the Tehachapi Mountains, on November 8, 2008... (more)

Stack cars pass from the darkness into the light of a waiting Union Pacific manifest, during a cool autumn night in Caliente.

Amtrak's detouring Coast Starlight threads its way through the Caliente Creek Narrows, as it begins its climb toward the summit.

A trio of AC4400s haul sugar beets through the Tehachapi Mountains. Notice the classic SP bay window caboose, well weathered, on the spur.

The "Seattle" winds its way down through the Caliente Creek Canyon, as it nears the former location of Tunnel 1/2. This tunnel was eventually daylighted after major flooding in the area, and the ... (more)

The M-BARSTO rounds the horseshoe curve as it drops down through Caliente, while the U-STOSNJ, loaded with windmill assemblies, waits for it to clear on the #2 track.

Running well behind its normal schedule, the "Brooklyn" climbs the 2.2% grade out of Tunnel #1, between Caliente and Bealville on UP's Mojave Sub.

UP 5523 North, with three GEVOs and a SD70ACe up front, slowly rolls downgrade through Caliente until the rear of the train clears the speed restriction for northbounds on the horseshoe curve.

A Phoenix, AZ to Richmond, CA vehicle train glides down Main #1 between Caliente and Ilmon, as it clings to the hillside above Caliente Creek.

Union Pacific SD60M 6299 rounds the big horseshoe curve at Caliente, as it grinds upgrade toward the summit at Tehachapi. This engine was later renumbered 2454.