Rail action is at it’s best in Caliente, CA on a cool spring morning, as a south bound UP manifest begins it’s climb out of town and around the horseshoe curve, while another south bound BNSF ... (more)

A shorter north bound UP intermodal drifts around Clear Creek Canyon and is moments from it’s head end going into tunnel 3 while it’s rear end simultaneously goes into tunnel 5 above.

A north bound Union Pacific manifest drifts down the Tehachapi grade in the late afternoon summer light. The lead units are rounding the hill in the middle of the Tehachapi loop below as the train... (more)

A north bound UP intermodal slowly navigates across the dry, barren landscape of the Caliente valley, as the train rounds the horseshoe curve and is set to twist it’s way down the remainder of t... (more)

A Union Pacific stack train curves its way through the Caliente Canyon on a perfect winter afternoon.

A forward facing Union Pacific DPU pushes the rear of a south bound auto rack track up through the curves at the west end of Bealville siding(Allard), in the best environment a Tehachapi spring af... (more)

Late afternoon summer sun back lights the summit area of Tehachapi as a south bound UP manifest crests the hill during a strong wind storm kicking up a cloud of dust around the sprinting train tha... (more)

A Union Pacific intermodal climbs the Tehachapi grade through the green hills of Bealville on a clear spring day, as a patch of wild Lupines bask in the early afternoon sunlight along the hillside... (more)

A Union Pacific south bound QRVWC manifest has crested the Tehachapi summit and is beginning to race down grade by the cement plant in Monolith in the late summer afternoon sun.

As a sea of heavy fog lingers over the San Joaquin Valley in the distance, a pair of UP locomotives help bring a Roseville, CA bound manifest down grade, around the horseshoe curve in Keene, CA in... (more)

A north bound UP manifest rounds the curve at Cliff and down into the Bealville area in the early light of a spring morning.

The DPUs on the rear of a UP Roseville, CA bound manifest glint in the late evening sun, as the train passes by tunnel 10, to the left, and then enters the Tehachapi Loop. The same train is seen j... (more)

A north bound UP intermodal is slowly wrapping itself down and around the famed Tehachapi Loop area, with the lead units passing through the cut below to the right. The sun is fighting its way thr... (more)

Low hanging clouds, on yet another rainy afternoon on Tehachapi, continue to rot away the old wooden code line poles that still line the Union Pacific right of way in many places along the railroa... (more)

Slowly slithering it’s way up through the hills of Keene and around the horseshoe curve on a pleasant spring afternoon. These three UP SD70’s lead their string of auto racks up by a BNSF manif... (more)