Union Pacific No.7493 leads a mixed manifest southbound through a overnight fresh snow in Tehachapi.

ATSF 540 leads a 7 unit consist around Tehachapi Loop in May of 1994.

Racing along the flats at Monolith on the final stretch of grade toward the summit of Tehachapi Pass, AMTK 156 leads a four-car Amtrak special carrying exiting Amtrak President Joe Boardman as he ... (more)

Crawling through a Form A at Monolith in the late afternoon light, UP 2619 leads a colorful, Elsey-bound empty Herzog ballast train upgrade the final mile toward the summit of Tehachapi.

Four tunnel motors and two SD-45s are in run 8 and they grind uphill over the bridge just below Tehachapi Loop. The Oil Cans train usually required at least 4 units on the point, with 5 to 6 unit... (more)

38 years ago today, Santa Fe 5578 leads a westbound hotshot over the bridge just below Tehachapi Loop.

UP West Manifest with 9806 (SP), 3231 (UP), 4435 (UP), 6084 (HLCX), SD70M/SD40-2/SD40T-2/SD40-2, curving into Walong, Tehachapi Loop

Far from its home rails along the coast, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight makes the most of the straight track from Monolith as it works upgrade toward the summit of Tehachapi Pass. On this day... (more)

BNSF 619 leads near Tehachapi in 1998.

BNSF Dash 9 4361 leads classmates 3790 and 4009 as they round the Warren Curve on their descent from the Tehachapi Pass. Only the wind turbines give any suggestion of just how windy it was at the ... (more)

Climbing the relatively easy grade out of Mojave and into Tehachapi Pass, UP 2582, a new Tier 4 unit, leads the MWCRVC-08 into the snow capped hills of Monolith as it approaches the summit.

UP 3557 goes over the top of its' train on Tehachapi Loop. The four unit helper set has just cleared tunnel 9, and the sound of 7 EMDs and 1 GE U-boat in run 8 was awesome. Back in the day, seei... (more)

A BNSF intermodal train glides down the UP line over Tehachapi pass. At this location, the former Walong and Marcel sidings have recently been connected by adding about 1 mile of second track, for... (more)