UP 1996 and two brand new C45ACCTEs lead the ZLCBR, as it rolls downgrade between Tunnel 1 and 2, near Caliente.

Two C44-9Ws lead a baretable as they climb out of the Caliente valley floor and head for Tunnel #1.

UP 5418 North swings around the horseshoe curve at Caliente on a sunny afternoon in the Tehachapi Mountains.

BNSF 4391 approaches Tunnel 2 with a Z-train of UPS trailers out of Northern California.

In the late afternoon light, a UP GEVO leads its manifest train down through Caliente. The rear of the train is still on the opposite side, within the tight confines of the Caliente Creek Valley.... (more)

As the hills begin to turn golden brown in the Tehachapis, a Union Pacific manifest with UP 1996 as a trailing unit, negotiates the horseshoe curve at Caliente.

BNSF 7793 South climbs up through the Caliente Creek Narrows with its high priority manifest bound for Barstow.

A brand new UP GEVO leads a northbound empty ballast train through Caliente. Click here<... (more)

UP 5371 South rounds the curve as it approaches Tunnel #1 at Caliente.

Two C44-9Ws and a Norfolk Southern SD70M bring their train out of Tunnel 1 and down the hill toward Caliente.

The H-EVEBAR9-03A, a Everett, WA to Barstow, CA high priority manifest, works upgrade through Caliente.

Four C44-9Ws bring the Z-WSPSTO around the horseshoe curve and down through Caliente.

BNSF 4178 South, with its spine cars loaded with UPS and other high priority trailers, is working up the grade between Caliente and Bealville.

A BNSF z-train rolls downgrade through the green hills surrounding Caliente.

BNSF 4774 South clings to the side of the Caliente foothills as it rounds the turn approaching Tunnel 1.