BNSF 5250 rolls out of Monolith in preparation for descending the South slope of the Tehachapi Pass.

Snaking downhill from Tehachapi toward the loop with the same name.

UP 9085 crawls upgrade through Marcel on a spring morning.

BNSF 4271 leads an intermodal train through Monolith.

A Stockton to Clovis vehicle train works upgrade east of Cable as it enters Tehachapi.

Crossing Tehachapi Creek between Woodford and Walong, the engineer of an eastbound Southern Pacific freight gives a friendly wave as the train climbs over the Tehachapi Mountains, with a typically... (more)

BNSF ES44AC No. 6390 Swigs around the curve at Monolith with snow covering the surrounding Mountains

In a rare snow scene, Union Pacific ES44AC No. 7493 makes the final miles to the Summit in Tehachapi with its load of Lumber and Autos.

Mixed freighttrain runs downhill at Bealville.

Mixed freight train runs uphill on the Loop.

Mixed freight train runs uphill on the Loop.

UP waits for arrival of other UP for running on the Loop.

SD45R # 7532 of the Southern Pacific leaving the short tunnel # 9 in the loop of the Tehachapi pass.

Track Measurement on the Loop.

Mixed freight train runs over the Loop.