A set of road power idles quietly through the night in Loma Linda along the former SP Yuma Sub.

With still yet another couple of miles to go before reaching the summit of Cajon Pass, UP 4006 east climbs the grade past milepost 58.2 on the Cajon Sub.

A pair of brand new Union Pacific Tier 4 road units from GE power a westbound UP manifest through Beaumont on UP's Yuma Subdivision.

Amtrak's rerouted Coast Starlight departs Bakersfield at 12:25pm to begin its historic journey up and over the Tehachapi Mountains.

Eastbound TOFC powers through the cut at Cosnino a few miles east of Flagstaff.

Amtrak's "Tehachapi Starlight" quickly gains track speed as it passes through Fleta, just south of Mojave.

On their maiden voyage west, BNSF 7751 leads two other GEVO's sporting BNSF's new corporate logo downgrade into Caliente with a hot UPS trailer train bound for northern California.

Captured a few minutes before at Tunnel 2, our southbound manifest led by BNSF 5294 pops out of Tunnel 5 and by the north switch Cliff in the Tehachapi mountains.

Just east of Los Angeles in the nearby City of Commerce, a BNSF yard job pauses momentarily while handling a cut of empty well cars for the Commerce Intermodal Facility.

With the day's work almost complete, the Central California Traction Company's ex-Rock Island GP18 has its train well in hand passing through the rural area south of Lodi.

Deep in the heart of San Timoteo Canyon, an eastbound high priority UP Z train passes through the El Casco Lake area along the Yuma Sub.

Looking west toward Canyon country on the former SP Saugus Line, Amtrak Superliners gleam in last light at Sand Canyon on a detouring Coast Starlight.

Approaching the Miller Brewery at Irwindale and soon Duarte, the westbound BNSF City of Hope Christmas train works down the small grade through Azusa on the ex-ATSF Pasadena Sub.

With only a few miles to go before arriving its final destination at Emeryville, the westbound Amtrak California Zephyr sails through the curves at Pinole on the ex-SP Cal-P mainline.

Amtrak's "Tehachapi Starlight" works downgrade through Soledad Canyon between old Russ siding and Lang.