Times up! The crew of a southbound UP manifest train has ran out of time and calls it a day while a new crew begins theirs. In the background, a BNSF grain train prepares to pass them on the sidin... (more)

Hopefully headed for the wash rack next, this very dirty UP ES44AC eases the daily Roseville, CA to West Colton, CA manifest train into a 15 MPH slow order just south of Ilmon which is the base of... (more)

Kind of an old meets new type of roll-by. The conductor of BNSF 1064 waits and watches as UP 8148 charges north.

UP 8083 and her two engines behind help pull this heavy West Colton, CA bound manifest up the apparent grade at Woodford, CA. The engines are screaming giving it all they've got making a whopping ... (more)

Having tackled the Tehachapi Pass, BNSF 5019 glides passed Monolith with ease as this fairly long Chicago, IL bound Z Train prepares to head east to Barstow, CA.

BNSF 4018 eases her Z train from Memphis, TN down the hill into Caliente, CA.

BNSF 4018 leads a hotshot Z train passed Bena as it begins to descend into Bakersfield, CA.

UP 8425 heads up the northbound daily Z train from Los Angeles, CA to Lathrop/Manteca, CA. A new CSX Gevo is hitching a ride. Foreign power on this train is extremely rare so this is a treat.

The BNSF "monster grain" train stretches its legs passed Edison as it descends into Bakersfield, CA.

Who's railroad? A UP and BNSF train meet at Caliente on the Tehachapi Pass. Two railroads doing the same job, working together.

A warbonnet leads a northbound BNSF manifest down the hill into Caliente heading to Richmond, CA.

The BNSF "Monster Grain" navigates the S-curves of Marcel as the lead ES44C4 #6610 peaks through the trees.

NS 7564 leads a BNSF Warbonnet and a string of baretables as it navigates the S-curves at Woodford siding. Foreign power is becoming quite coming nowadays on the Tehachapi Pass, leading nonetheles... (more)

BNSF C44-9W #4035 leads a southbound JB Hunt stack train through the S-curves at Marcel. Quite an interesting lash-up on this train.

Amtrak Train 4 pauses at Fullerton, CA awaiting a signal and a Westbound BNSF intermodel to clear up the line ahead so it can proceed on its way to Chicago, IL.