Hard to believe it's been 17 years since I shot this photo. There were a few years in my youth where every April and Aug I was set up near this location to catch sunset. I never caught exactly wha... (more)

A northbound BNSF Q train passes Sandcut as it heads for Bakersfield.

A north bound BNSF intermodal comes racing off the Tehachapi’s and around the mountain’s last curve at Sandcut under a rising moon above in the last minutes of sun light.

BNSF 5733 and her long north bound intermodal quickly climb up and out of the Bena area, as it races off the Tehachapi’s and around the hill’s final curve here at Sandcut, in a late afternoon ... (more)

Part of a morning fleet of Santa Fe westbounds, 844 West rounds the sweeping curve at Sandcut before starting the long descent to Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley.

The Starlight Slices Sandcut. Throttling up for the climb up onto the floor of the San Joaquin Valley, Amtrak's detouring northbound Coast Starlight banks through the final curve on the Moj... (more)

An eastbound Santa Fe pig train roars uphill past orange groves as it approaches the big "groove" at Sandcut.

GP20u No. 3000 smokes it up with a consist of 4-axles units. The relatively short manifest is headed east for Barstow.

Six 4-axle units pound up the steep grade between Bena and Sandcut. From here it's all downhill to Bakersfield.

BNSF 4635 along with a pair of H1's lead a hot Richmond bound Z at Sandcut in the late evening.

Working up the slight northbound grade between Bena and Sandcut, UP 2735 leads this Roseville bound manifest in the late afternoon.

With the Coast Line closed between Chatsworth and Oxnard due to MOW work, Amtrak's Coast Starlight was detoured through Tehachapi Pass. Here, northbound train 14 passes a BNSF train at Sandcut, ne... (more)

In the evening sunlight, UP's Fresno to West Colton manifest struggles up the grade just outside of Sandcut, CA on April 14th, 2018.

As the sun sets in the west, BNSF 7668 leads a southbound stack train up the grade near Sandcut, CA on April 16th, 2018. From here, the train and its crew will enjoy a brief section of downhill tr... (more)