A BNSF manifest is climbing through the dry, barren landscape at the curves just south of Marcel siding on a hazy summer morning.

In some serious summer afternoon heat in the lower Tehachapi foothills, a south bound UP intermodal climbs the grade toward tunnel 2, up through the golden landscape with it's colorful stacks crea... (more)

Slowly slithering it’s way up through the hills of Keene and around the horseshoe curve on a pleasant spring afternoon. These three UP SD70’s lead their string of auto racks up by a BNSF manifest ... (more)

In the mid morning light of a dry spring day in the Tehachapi’s, a north bound UP intermodal drifts down the curves from tunnel 1 and into the south leg of the Caliente horseshoe.

An incredibly long UP intermodal is seen beginning it’s climb up the Tehachapi’s, working up through Ilmon, in the muffled light from a cloud covered sky. The muddy watered Caliente Creek flows al... (more)

In the dry heat of a hot spring day, within the quiet confines of the Caliente Canyon, the highly anticipated echo of dynamic braking finally comes to the canyon walls, after having waited in the ... (more)

The motion blur of a BNSF manifest at the Cable curves in the moon light.

A south bound BNSF intermodal rumbles it’s way up out of the Bealville area and into tunnel 3 on a warm spring afternoon in the Tehachapi’s.

Proving there’s more to the Tehachapi mountains than just trains, a UP intermodal slowly snakes its way north through the highly vegetated hills and cuts around the secluded area of tunnel 8, whil... (more)

In the sizzled heat of a summer's afternoon, just east of Bakersfield, CA, an extremely long south bound BNSF intermodal is moments from curving around it's first of many more curves to come on it... (more)

The sound of the Tehachapi Creek echoing through the deep, shadowy gorge below Cliff, creates a similar feeling of when standing by the Merced River in Yosemite Natural Park, while a north bound B... (more)

California poppies cover the Tehachapi foothills in the background and around the Union Pacific mainline here between tunnels 7 and 8, under the darkened skies that are minutes from unleashing fur... (more)

Westbound BNSF grain loads carefully drop down grade at Ilmon, with a mixed bag of power up front. The train's swing and rear distributed power consists can also be seen in this view, adding much ... (more)

Leaving Cache Creek Canyon eastbound Union Pacific tonnage carefully drops down the east side of Tehachapi, conforming to the curves at Warren.

With desert wildflowers in full bloom an eastbound BNSF manifest drops down the east side of Tehachapi at Warren.