Shortly after the passing of a winter rain storm, a Union Pacific manifest works upgrade past the spur track at Rowen.

Four aging EMDs, all built prior to 1981, haul their train past Searles Valley Minerals' Westend plant, as they work towards the Union Pacifc interchange at Searles.

Trona Railway SD40-2 #2008 leads three other EMDs, as they begin their trip up to the Union Pacific interchange at Searles with a unit train of covered hoppers. Searles Valley Minerals' Argus pro... (more)

SD70ACe #8455 leads the LOQ91 on its northbound trip to Mojave, as it crosses over a dry wash near CP Canyon.

A unit train loaded with wind generator assemblies crawls upgrade through the Clear Creek drainage between Bealville and Cliff. The head end has just emerged from Tunnel 5 while the cars in the f... (more)

A mix of EMD and GE power lead the QRVWC as it rolls down the #1 track at Warren. This heavy manifest also has an additional 3 units cut in as DPUs to assist this train over the steep grades of t... (more)

The orange glow of the setting sun fills the evening sky, as the combined effort of GE and EMD power lift the M-STOBAR up the 1% grade at Sandcut.

Amtrak's detouring Coast Starlight passes under the signal bridge at MP 377 as it decends toward Mojave.

A Roseville bound manifest blasts by the SP style target signal at MP 366.6 just south of Monolith, on Union Pacific's Mojave Sub.

The MNPWC, a North Platte, NE to West Colton, CA manifest rolls west through the heart of Afton Canyon on UP's Cima Sub.

A newly repainted ex. Southern Pacific GP40-2, trails a GEVO, and a SD70M as they slowly ease their train past the Mormon Rocks, just north of CP Canyon.

Stack cars pass from the darkness into the light of a waiting Union Pacific manifest, during a cool autumn night in Caliente.

During the last few minutes of sunlight a BNSF "Z-train" crests over the summit at Tehachapi under cloudy skies.

After having met its southbound counterpart at Marcel, Amtrak's northbound detouring Coast Starlight passes over the Tehachapi Creek, just south of Woodford.

In a rare scene, Amtrak's detouring Coast Starlight crosses Baker St., and continues its northbound journey after changing crews at the Union Pacific yard office in Bakersfield. The previous deto... (more)