SP 7874, sporting the SP- Santa Fe "kodachrome" merger paint scheme, sits at the spur track near the east switch at Bena.

BNSF's HMODBAR holds at the end of double track at Bena with 1029 on the rear.

SP 7874 sports the Kodachrome paint scheme as it sits in one of the helper spur tracks at Bena.

A southbound manifest with UP 8613 glides down Sand Cut at Bena, on the western side of the Tehachapi Mountains.

UP's Southbound ZBRLC heads into the Tehachapi Mountains between Bena and Illmon in the early morning.

SP 7874 shows off the Santa Fe Southern Pacific "Kodachrome" paint scheme while it sits in one of the helper spur at Bena.

In the early morning light of a winter day, a north bound BNSF intermodal quickly glides off the hill, between Ilmon and Bena, and is seconds from entering double tracking for the remainder of the... (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)

Late afternoon in Ilmon, near Bakersfield, with a southeastbound BNSF intermodal train by Tehachapi Pass.

Eastbound BNSF container train at Bena, California with C44-9W 4962, 5373,4786 and C40-8W 901. Note the end of the train coming down Sand Patch.

BNSF C44-9W 4794 with two ex/BN SD40-2s at Bena, California.

BNSF Stack train makes good time between Ilmon and Bena after rolling out of the Tehachapi mountains.

Eastbound BNSF double stack at Sandcut near Bena, California, September 22, 2011.

Eastbound SP "Monolith Local" leaning into the super elevated curve near Sandcut