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 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)

A north bound BNSF intermodal is in the depths of a hot Tehachapi summer afternoon and the golden hillsides of the Allard horseshoe area as the trains exits the horseshoe curve and slowly works to... (more)

BNSF manifest through Allard on a hazy afternoon.

A BNSF manifest climbs up the curves of Allard in the late afternoon sun of a perfect spring day.

CN 5745 shoves hard on the rear of a southbound Union Pacific manifest as it negotiates the curves at Allard approaching the horseshoe curve here as the head-end of the train approaches the north ... (more)

UP 8354 is on the point of a heavy, southbound manifest this afternoon as it tackles the grade at Allard with the rear of its train, sporting a Canadian National SD75I, seen in the background befo... (more)

A north bound Union Pacific MWCRV manifest slowly blurs it’s way through the curves at the west end of Bealville siding in the early moments of a cool fall evening. The train is coming up on an ... (more)

A forward facing Union Pacific DPU pushes the rear of a south bound auto rack track up through the curves at the west end of Bealville siding(Allard), in the best environment a Tehachapi spring af... (more)

A short south bound Union Pacific manifest slithers it's way up through the curves at Allard in the late afternoon sun light as cloud shadows blanket the surrounding emerald hills. ... (more)

Spring in the lower Tehachapi foothills.

After stalling at Tunnel #2, UP's Fresno to West Colton manifest train starts to roll up the steep grade of Allard between Bealville and Caliente. After stopping at Caliente to let two northbound ... (more)

Stalling. Snaking upgrade through Tunnels 1 and 2 at just 3 mph, UP 5260 south and two fellow GE's are close to loosing the battle of getting the ILTSIR-31 over Tehachapi this morning. Whil... (more)

A loaded down south bound Union Pacific manifest thunders up the Tehachapi Mountain’s western slope between tunnels 1 and 2 as a winter storm continues to gather in the east.