A BNSF intermodal descends the lower Tehachapi foothills in perfect spring conditions.

A BNSF intermodal twists and descends the Tehachapi Loop, in early afternoon light, on a hot triple digit degree day in the Tehachapi's.

A long BNSF intermodal climbs the hill south and around the Tehachapi Loop, in the mid morning light of a late summer's day, as the train's tail end is seen approaching the north portal of tunnel ... (more)

On a cold January morning, from above Keene, CA's horseshoe curve, an extra length BNSF manifest climbs the grade south, wrapping around the curve, as central valley fog can be seen hovering over ... (more)

A south bound BNSF loaded flat car train twists around the Tehachapi Loop in a late morning light of January 2016.

Night action on Tehachapi can sometimes be much better to photograph than during the day lighted hours. As a south bound BNSF intermodal is seen here slowly moving it’s way along up grade betwee... (more)

Nothing but Rock! A gorgeous June morning sees a BNSF manifest clinging to the cliff as it pounds up the 2% grade towards the Continental Divide. David Moffat's dream of a railroad west from Den... (more)

An eastbound manifest enters the scenic Himes Canyon along the Bighorn River. The Bighorn River cuts thru some undulating topography between Kane and Greybull, WY, making for some of the most sce... (more)

Under some extreme haze in the western Tehachapi's, a south bound BNSF intermodal wraps itself around Caliente's horseshoe curve in the mid-morning hours of a winter's day.

On an extremely hot, triple digit afternoon in the Tehachapi's, a squeaky clean Tier 4 loops it's south bound BNSF intermodal around the horseshoe curve below the Tehachapi Loop, swinging back tow... (more)

The calm after the storm, of a south bound BNSF grain train climbing up the west slope of the Tehachapi's, is in the hissing form of a flashing rear end device slowly curving a trail up the curves... (more)

A BNSF manifest climbs upgrade westbound out of Tunnel 26. The train is threading its way along the 2% grade that hugs South Boulder Creek. The heavy train has 5 locomotives... A colorful group ... (more)

Moon light helps illuminate the stretch of track between tunnels 7 and 8, known as Cliff. The headlight path of a hard working BNSF southbound, popping out of tunnel 7 and then disappearing into ... (more)

On a cool spring Tehachapi night, under the near full moon, the motion blur of a south bound BNSF intermodal moves along through the curves and up the grade between tunnels 1 and 2. The light of a... (more)