A UP intermodal charges up the Tehachapi grade, through and out of Bealville, on a warm late spring afternoon.

A classic Tehachapi Loop view.

Across a Martian landscape.

A BNSF intermodal drifts down and around the famed Tehachapi loop under a mid morning storm.

As the thick morning fog continues to linger longer into the day above the San Joaquin Valley, countless south bounds would appear from the hazy depths below on their climb for the high desert and... (more)

A short north bound UP cement train slowly climbs its way up and out of the shadows around the Cameron Road crossing area and is approaching the Monolith area on a cold winter afternoon while the ... (more)

A BNSF manifest quickly glides down the Tehachapi grade and approaches tunnel 9 on a warm summer afternoon.

A south bound UP QRVWC manifest climbs up and around the Tehachapi Loop and by a holding north bound BNSF intermodal all under a dramatic sky.

The morning sun slowly peaks the hills of Allard, burning off a fog layer, as a south bound Union Pacific intermodal from Brooklyn, Oregon, climbs the grade around the horseshoe, in and out of the... (more)

The rear DPUs of a long north bound BNSF manifest help bring their train down into the lower Tehachapi Mountains and around the horseshoe curve in Keene, CA on a perfect spring morning. Cloud shad... (more)

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.

Within the darkened depths of the Caliente Canyon, on a cool fall afternoon, is a south bound BNSF manifest slowly battling its way up through the switch back curves and only minutes from the town... (more)

Blink, blink, blink. A flashing rear end device on a south bound BNSF grain train blinks it’s way slowly up through the curves of Cable on a warm early summer night at around 1 am in the morning... (more)

The motion blur of a north bound BNSF manifest on a fall night.

Night operations on the Tehachapi Pass is a completely different world. Here a north bound manifest quickly drifts down the grade between tunnels 1 and 2 as the headlights light the right of way t... (more)