A view of the Tehachapi Loop from the northside. The end of the southbound Union Pacific Mixed Manifest is still coming up from Woodford and the headend is pulling up and around the top of the Loo... (more)

Under a Full Moon, and the last rays of sunlight, northbound BNSF No. 4554 with a mixed manifest.pulls to a stop at Summit Siding in Tehachapi.

Early morning fog hangs over the western slope of the Tehachapi Mountains. Southbound BNSF No. 3740, pulls Stacks and TOFC uphill to the summit at Tehachapi.

Northbound Coast Starlight train 14 makes a rare appearance passing the Tehachapi Depot in downtown Tehachapi. Due to MOW work on its regular route along the Pacific coast, the Coast Starlight was... (more)

Eastbound Santa Fe 5124 has stopped in order to cut out its helpers, which can be seen in the distance. Soon this intermodal train will be racing down the hill towards Mojave.

A southbound UP manifest skirts along the side of a northbound stack train as it makes its way through Tehachapi Pass.

An SP meets the competition at Tehachapi. When I lived in Southern California I made as many trip as I could to Tehachapi and when I moved to CO every trip home involved a trip to Tehachapi as it ... (more)

A First for Me. Out of all the times I've visited Tehachapi, this afternoon marked the first I've ever seen the small industry just west of the 4,064-foot summit be served by the Union Paci... (more)

As the mist slowly rises above Tunnel 17, UP 2735 leads an officers special upgrade toward the town of Tehachapi.

ATSF 8025 East fights 2.2% worth of gravity around the horseshoe curve between Allard and Bealville, CA on the line over Tehachapi. The spring colors lasted late that year, and are beginning to br... (more)

Five Super Fleet units are in charge of the 199 train as it begins the descent into the San Joaquin Valley.

About to cross over itself.

UP 9911 leads a southbound train of baretables through Tehachapi. Thick cloud cover had the pass socked in, and we were lucky with a sucker hole for this train.

On a chilly but still afternoon in December 1990, SP 7447 West rolls off the summit of Tehachapi Pass and passes under the famous cantilever signal bridge at the west end of Tehachapi. During this... (more)