2.3% East Slope Grade A westbound trainload of of Mid-West grain for the Central Valley charges out of Warren, California. From the mountain above Cache Creek I have watched this train for ... (more)

Mojave Rainbow A storm front rolls off the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Tehachapi Pass. Rain was no stranger to the desert in the Spring of 2023. The fast approaching storm is moving fas... (more)

BNSF's QSTOATG exits the Tehachapi Mountains just after sunrise.

UP 3090 leads a Roseville to El Paso manifest at Warren.

UP 6948 in fresh paint leads a southbound MRVWC out of the Tehachapi's at Warren.

Early morning shadows have just cleared, as a Southbound UP intermodal makes it's way out of the Tehachapi Mountains at Warren.

Early morning at Warren overlook finds a southbound HSTOBAR descending the grade into Mojave.

A 2x3x2 manifest train (Modesto, CA to Barstow, CA) creeps down the southern face of Tehachapi Pass as it round the swiping curve of Warren.

CP Heritage unit #7014 shove on the rear of this Barstow to Stockton manifest at Warren, north of Mojave

The Tehachapi helper power descends back towards Mojave after helping a northbound train up the pass. Within the last few months of this photo, BNSF have started running manned helpers on Tehachap... (more)

Just before 7am, 3 BNSF units lead a southbound HBAKBAR out of the Tehachapi's at Warren.

A strong wind whipping down the Canyon from Tehachapi has this Northbound UP intermodal down to below 10mph, as it works upgrade near Warren in the late afternoon.

A lumber drag of Oregon forest products rolls through the Joshua tree forest on the eastern side of Tehachapi.

As an eastbound Santa Fe manifest drops out of the defile that forms the eastern gateway to the pass, the northwestern sky is filled with the orange light of the setting sun. The manifest is passi... (more)

Dropping down the steep grade at Warren, Santa Fe 8118 East rolls through the sweeping curve by which the SP was able to overcome the tremendous incline in the defile that connects the Mojave Dese... (more)