Southern Pacific Daylight 4-8-4 4449, the last remaining example of the road's GS-4 class, rounds the curve just east of Monolith after conquering the crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains on... (more)

Entire Easbound Manifest can be seen led by former BN units at Monolith

Norfolk & Western SD45 1738, on lease to the Santa Fe, sits at Monolith, CA after suffering damage in a side-swipe accident.

empty Wasco to Barstow CA coal train

A Barstow (CA) to Pasco (WA) train.

BNSF 929 still sporting a clean coat of Warbonnet paint leads an eastbound stack train at the summit of Tehachapi Pass.

This BNSF train rolls at 50mph through Monolith, at the top of Tehachapi Pass.

A westbound Warbonnet passes a waiting hopper train

With the pass under an unusually persistent and cold sheet of ice and snow, 5333 East makes its way slowly across the valley at the top of the pass toward Mojave.

Monolith, near the top of Tehachapi Pass, lies under a thick layer of snow and ice as an eastbound powered by seven units heads for Barstow.

With the steep, barren flanks of the Tehachapis in the background, 815 West is about to top the grade at Monolith at sunset.