Two south bound UP manifests are seen climbing the lower Tehachapi hills, one after the other, on a warm spring morning. The train above, navigating through the shadows, is approaching Bealville a... (more)

Summer may be in the air but for the hills around the Tehachapi Loop this June, they will tell you that spring is still out in force, as they are seen covered in the purple of wildflowers, with a ... (more)

A north bound UP intermodal is slowly wrapping itself down and around the famed Tehachapi Loop area, with the lead units passing through the cut below to the right. The sun is fighting its way thr... (more)

A south bound BNSF intermodal rumbles it’s way up and through the Caliente Canyons, west of Caliente, on a perfect, late spring morning in the lower Tehachapi Mountains. While a north bound inte... (more)

The DPUs of a south bound UP QRVWC manifest push their way toward Caliente in the bright and early hours of a perfect spring day in the Tehachapi's. The manifest's lead units can also be seen clim... (more)

A north bound BNSF manifest, carrying mostly empties, slowly slithers its way down through the curves of Cable and toward the first bottle neck section of track, between the switches of north Cabl... (more)

Low hanging clouds, on yet another rainy afternoon on Tehachapi, continue to rot away the old wooden code line poles that still line the Union Pacific right of way in many places along the railroa... (more)

As the rain continues to fall over the San Joaquin Valley in the distance, a long south bound BNSF intermodal gets underway again after having held at Bena for a few north bounds to come off the h... (more)

A BNSF manifest is climbing through the dry, barren landscape at the curves just south of Marcel siding on a hazy summer morning.

The warmth of the summer months dwindle down, as the cloud covered skies of Fall approach the lower Tehachapi elevations, around Bealville, CA, while a UP intermodal below climbs south up through ... (more)

In some serious summer afternoon heat in the lower Tehachapi foothills, a south bound UP intermodal climbs the grade toward tunnel 2, up through the golden landscape with it's colorful stacks crea... (more)

East bound San Joaquin Amtrak races across the San Joaquin River in north Fresno under some parting skies above.

Slowly slithering it’s way up through the hills of Keene and around the horseshoe curve on a pleasant spring afternoon. These three UP SD70’s lead their string of auto racks up by a BNSF manif... (more)

In the mid morning light of a dry spring day in the Tehachapi’s, a north bound UP intermodal drifts down the curves from tunnel 1 and into the south leg of the Caliente horseshoe.

An incredibly long UP intermodal is seen beginning it’s climb up the Tehachapi’s, working up through Ilmon, in the muffled light from a cloud covered sky. The muddy watered Caliente Creek flow... (more)