Amtrak's detoured Coast Starlight #11, works up the #1 track through Cable X-Over, as it continues its ascent toward Tehachapi Summit.

With a good horsepower per ton ratio, the hottest BNSF train that runs over the Mojave Sub, has no trouble maintaining track speed through Cable. To expedite this train's handling, it operates wi... (more)

This BNSF Q-train is running on yellow blocks as it follows a UP manifest southbound at Cable X-Over.

UP 5445 South has its train strung out in the many reverse curves at Cable, as it passes a waiting BNSF manifest.

Rebuilt at the railroad's Sacramento Shops, T-2 6873 leads the loaded Oil Cans up Track 2 through multiple reverse curves at Cable.

A consist of aging EMDs that have had their paint seered off by the high temperatures generated by working steep grades like those in the Tehachapis, drags a long manifest eastward up the stiff in... (more)

FP45 98 leads a long, heavy pig train eastward through Cable's multiple reverse curves.

A once-ubiquitous bay window caboose brings up the rear of an SP manifest blasting its way through the curves at Cable Crossover.

A multiple-unit helper breaks up the monotony of black tank cars and connecting hoses at Cable, as the Oil Cans storm the hill for all they're worth.

A manifest out of West Colton begins the downhill part of its journey over Tehachapi in the multiple reverse curves at the east end of Cable.

SP T-2 9345 leads a long manifest uphill out of tunnel 18 toward the west switch of Cable.

A helper on an eastbound manfiest adds its horsepower to the battle against the incline at Cable.

BNSF 7731 leads a southbound freight through the tight S-curves at Cable as a northbound UP freight eases to a stop on main 2 before proceeding north onto single track.

BNSF 5275 leads an interesting mix of power on a southbound manifest train as it exits tunnel 17 and approaches the beginning of double track at Cable.

Santa Fe trains meet at Cable Crossover on a warm August afternoon.