With a southbound pig train holding near the end of two main track at Bena, a northbound manifest charges toward Bakersfield and the afternoon sun.
A northbound BNSF manifest winds its way down from Allard as it approaches the south portal of Tunnel 2 in the Tehachapi Mountains.
A southbound UP trailer train makes its way around the Tehachapi Loop at Walong on its trip toward Los Angeles.
A southbound UP manifest illuminates the venerable cantilever signal bridge in downtown Tehachapi.
En route to the bay area a high-priority BNSF trailer train sprints by Monolith and is approaching Summit Switch in Tehachapi.
Ducking under the Highway 58 overpass at Woodford, UP 4938 leads the southbound KBRLC across the Tehachapi Mountains.
A pair of flared SD70M's power a northbound mixed freight through the curve approaching Monolith.
A few miles east of Tehachapi at Monolith a BNSF manifest heads north on its run up the central valley.
UP's southbound "Brooklyn" trailer train snakes out of the Caliente Narrows on its climb over the Tehachapi Mountains en route to Los Angeles.
A southbound BNSF manifest works its way upgrade through Cable on a summer afternoon.
With the rear half of the train negotiating the Caliente horseshoe, a southbound BNSF intermodal makes the climb up to Tunnel 2 and Bealville in the Tehachapi mountains.
Four BNSF Dash 9's march a doublestack train up the Tehachapi Mountains by the siding at Bealville.
Amtrak's "Tehachapi Starlight" winds through the curves at Rowen as it nears the sound end of the siding.
With the Tehachapi Mountains now behind it, the Starlight rolls downgrade at milepost 377 approaching the town of Mojave.
Amtrak's "Tehachapi Starlight" works its way out the Cable area as it approaches the town of Tehachapi.