Heavily laden with lumber loads from the Pacific Northwest UP 5371 drags the eastbound QRVWCB out of the Caliente creek narrows and into Caliente, with the power near MP 335. A spring storm is in ... (more)
UP 5403 leads "The Monster" Roseville to West Colton Manifest up the grade of Tehachapi Loop.
After waiting for MOW personnel to complete switch repairs, the QRVWCB resumes its trip to West Colton as it departs from the south end of Mojave. Two other trains can also be seen in this shot. ... (more)
Two days after a storm dropped several inches of snow in the Tehachapi Mountains, a Roseville to West Colton manifest lumbers up the 2.2% grade as it passes by the CTC crossover at Cable.
With snow still lingering at the upper elevations of the Mojave Subdivision, UP 7801 South works up the #1 track as it approaches Cable X-Over, just two miles north of Tehachapi.