A Northbound BNSF Z passes through Caliente in the Tehachapi Mountains.

The DPU of a BNSF intermodal snaked around the horse shoe curve and up the mountain at Caliente.

A BNSF manifest climbs the grade of the UP Mojave between Caliente and Bealville. Fifth and Sixth in the consist are BNSF 544 abd 502, both B40-8Ws.

BNSF Railway ES44DC 7526, Dash 9-44CW 4926, Dash 9-44CW 4623 and ES44DC 7529 grind upgrade with an intermodal train, heading from Fresno CA to Chicago IL, and is about to enter Tunnel 2 as they cr... (more)

After a locomotive mechanical issue was resolved, UP 7365 charges a long stack train around the loops at Caliente up grade on towards Tehachapi.

A BNSF geometry train crosses the bridge over Bealville Rd as it heads northbound on the UP Mojave Subdivision. In the background a UP intermodal train can be seen waiting to depart onto the sing... (more)

As a BNSF Geomtry train descends downgrade in the background, UP 7365 is stopped with engine issues at Caliente.

Rounding the horseshoe curve at Caliente, BNSF 3812 leads a stack train at ease up grade towards Tehachapi.

BNSF grain empty XFRSCBL works out of Caliente with CP power on the point, as it starts the climb to Tehachapi Summit.

UP 8357 leads a southbound out of Caliente.

A pair of Norfolk Southern units appear leading a UP manifest out of Tunnel 1, heading downgrade on Tehachapi Pass towards Caliente and Bakersfield.

Climbing upgrade toward to cross the Tehachapi Mountains, the grade is about to get a bit steeper in a mile or two. British Columbia "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-Canadian Pacific 2860) is on... (more)

A colorful BNSF grain load bound for Guernsey, CA drops into Caliente.

A north bound BNSF intermodal drops down grade between Allard and Caliente and through tunnels 1 and 2 as the head end pops out of tunnel 1 on a warm summer morning.

With fluffy white clouds slowly drifting through the sky above and casting big shadows across the green landscape, the DPU of a south bound UP intermodal slowly pushes up through the Caliente cany... (more)