The Southern Pacific "San Joaquin Daylight" is seen approaching Caliente on it's final southbound run

As the day dragged on, the sun and heat gained intensity. I was ready to go back to my motel and crash, but the Santa Fe had a caboose hop coming.

A northbound BNSF train is seen rounding the Caliente horseshoe curve

Train number 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, was routed over the Tehachapi line due to work on the coastline. Seen on the curve leading into the tunnel at the loop and the waiting railfans

Train number 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, was routed over the Tehachapi line due to work on the coastline. Seen in the Caliente siding, it's counter part, train 14 is about to pass on it's ... (more)

Taken in the early '70's this is a westbound headed for Bakersfield at Bealville on the Tehachapi line

. The setting sun strikes the sides of SP and NW power on a southbound espee freight. the crew can relax now as the engineer cranks the units wide open. This freight has just come through the Teha... (more)

Saturday mornings will usually find a pair of SJVR engines with no apparent family resemblance tied down in the U.P. Bakersfield yard. GP38-3 3048, ex CEFX 3048, and BL20-2 2122, ex Corp 2122, are... (more)

Near-new Gevo 7706 and two SD70M's, 4397 and 4179, hustle a very late ZBLRC 30 through the signal bridge at Quantico and out of Bakersfield.

Shut down to conserve fuel, San Joaquin Valley (ex-Central Oregon and Pacific) 3829 and fellow GP-38 Minnesota Northern 3806 quietly await assignment in the U.P. yard

Minnesota Northern and RailAmerica subsidiary San Joaquin Valley GP-38's 3806 and 3829 are between assignments in the U.P. yard. When called they will probably take the local to Arvin.

This Santa Fe hot shot piggy back is passing by the Kern Junction Tower heading west up through the San Joaquin Valley.

Three Alco switchers sit on the turntable tracks as they await their turn for repairs.

A pair of Rio Grande GP35s idle between runs on the whisker tracks at the turntable in the engine facility at Bakersfield, California.

Southern Pacific GP35 6327, a December 1964 EMD product, was built as SP 7704 (renumbered 6601 in 1965) -- SP F3B 8064 was traded in to EMD for this unit.