Amtrak San Joaquin heads south under a clearing storm afternoon.

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)

One from the great spring of 2016 in the Tehachapi foothills. As rain clouds continue to gather and retreat at the same time above Caliente, Tehachapi rail traffic continues to move along nicely w... (more)

A north bound BNSF intermodal drops down grade between Allard and Caliente and through tunnels 1 and 2 as the head end pops out of tunnel 1 on a warm summer morning.

As fog dances in and out of the Tehachapi hills around tunnel 2, a BNSF grain train climbs south right through the fog. I’ve tried to capture images that have originality to them with using diff... (more)

A south bound BNSF intermodal rumbles it’s way up out of the Bealville area and into tunnel 3 on a warm spring afternoon in the Tehachapi’s.

The morning sun slowly peaks the hills of Allard, burning off a fog layer, as a south bound Union Pacific intermodal from Brooklyn, Oregon, climbs the grade around the horseshoe, in and out of the... (more)

Motion blur of a DPU.

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)

Within the hazy depths of the Caliente Canyon, a south bound BNSF intermodal, with a borrowed UP unit, echoes it’s way through the rocky hill sides and is minutes from entering the town of Calie... (more)

It's a moonlit scene between tunnels 1 and 2, as a northbound BNSF auto rack train curves it's way down the Tehachapi foothills around midnight on a perfect spring night.

The golden Tehachapi hills succumb to the epic rumble of a south bound auto rack train snaking its way through the curves in the Allard area.

The sun shines through dense fog and down onto a BNSF intermodal charging up Tehachapi's western slope between tunnels 1 and 2.

A long south bound BNSF manifest slowly rounds the horseshoe curve in Keene, CA on a cold winter morning in the Tehachapi mountains as a heavy central California valley fog is seen off in the dist... (more)

DPUs bring up the rear of a UP manifest in the afternoon light, of a perfect fall day in the tunnel 2 area, as clouds continue to build over the hills east of Caliente, CA.