Climbing up from Caliente through the S curves below Tunnel 1 on the evening of March 26, 2006.

300mm shot of 7715, 5364 and 5050 as they are about to cross Tehachapi Creek below the loop.

BNSF 727 showing signs of fire damage. Shot while climbing the loop.

With the rainstorms finally pushing east, BNSF 7687 is caught at Sandcut shortly before sunset.

Ugly duckling 5296 leading an eastbound train out of Tunnel 2 and through the S curves at the north switch of Allard siding.

Shot at 300mm from across the valley, BNSF 5176 will take several minutes to travel around the Allard Horseshoe and cross the rails in the foreground of the photo.

One of my favorite trains over the mountain, the BNSF unit grain train heading west featured 4 locomotives up front, three in the middle and two on the rear.

A typically filthy UP AC4400CW-CTE waits in the siding at Walong as the long BNSF grain train descends the loop.

Highball at Bealville shortly before sunset

Ubiquitous locomotives on a ubiquitous western railroad, BNSF 4713 takes the siding as an eastbound pig waits on the main.

A study in depth perspective with the 300mm F4 prime, UP 5523 looks smaller than the trailing units from the telephoto compression

513 second exposure, F10 at 80mm; shot at Bealville as a southbound UP train ascended towards Tehachapi. The headlight streaks in the upper left are from the lead units exiting Tunnel 5.

300mm shot of the bridge below the Tehachapi Loop, which surprisingly has a train crossing it.

Crossing Tehachapi Creek below the Tehachapi Loop

Fortuitous timing and train length led to the DPU power being perpendicular to the head end power (and photographer) 3/4 of the way down the loop. BNSF 4616 and company are about to enter Tunnel ... (more)