Ex SP SD40T-2 #2006 leads an empty Trona Railway coal train, as it begins its journey to the Union Pacific interchange at Searles, CA. The days of coal trains on the Trona Railway are numbered, a... (more)

The darkness temporarily succumbs to light, as a locomotive's headlight paints the right-of-way and adjacent hills, while the ETD brings up the rear with its signature flashing red light. The sce... (more)

Two DPUs shove on the rear of a southbound manifest through Cliff, where the tracks cling to the side of the hills carved out by the Tehachapi Creek.

Never thought I'd see this in 2008. Three units still painted in the Santa Fe, red and silver warbonnet scheme, lead an empty grain train as it works upgrade between Caliente and Bealville.

The sun is setting on BNSF 5117 South as it passes under the high/wide load detector at MP 328.6, just east of Bena, as it begins its climb toward the summit.