UP 9085 thunders upgrade on the approach to the Tehachapi Loop.

UP 8587 descends aroung the horseshoe curve at Caliente, near the bottom of Tehachapi Pass.

The city lights of Bakersfield silhouette the cut at Sandcut as the EOT of a Northbound UP train rounds the last curve of the Tehachapi Pass, before reaching Bakersfield.

A pair of year old Southern Pacific AC4400WCs leads a westbound freight downgrade around Tehachapi Loop. The cleanliness of the GEs and a lack of graffiti on the freight cars dates this photo.

Tonnage bound for California's Imperial Valley conforms to the many curves on the western slope of Beaumont Hill as it seeks to achieve the summit.

UP Rio Grande Heritage unit #1989 leads the Long Beach to Denver Z at Blue Cut.

UP 6965 hustles a westbound special across the Yuma Sub as it approaches the siding at Mortmar.

Brand new UP 6965 leads a fast moving business special at Bertram in the late afternoon.

UP 5516 along with a KCS unit lead an eastbound I train at Redlands. Most intermodal trains along the Sunset Route now are heavy with Schneider traffic, as seen here.

UP DD35A 84 and a pair of SD24Bs make a move to attach to a southbound freight at Argo Yard, Seattle on a rainy August day that looks more like November. This was Family Days weekend and a small l... (more)

UP NW2 no.1065 reflects on the fact it was one of the oldest locomotives on UP's roster operating in the Pacific Northwest. The loco was built in May 1947, and remained in service until 1978. Some... (more)

UP 8085 leads a westbound intermodal train towards the Summit in Cajon Pass.

UP 3275 is in run 8 as it lifts a heavy unit coal train west through the crossovers at Lugo, California.

Early morning finds a MRVWC stopped just east of Monolith, due to traffic ahead.

A set of 4 units used earlier in the night for a coal train to Searles, await their next call in the Chaffee siding.