UP's 3988 is heading towards the famous Tehachapi Loop after waiting for some 30 min on a red signal.
Shortly before reaching the summit, train IBRLC screams through Tehachapi Valley after winding and grinding up the steady 2% grade from Bakersfield.
After clearing the last tunnel on Tehachapi Pass at cable, IBRLC approaches the town of Tehachapi with a trio of EMD products.
A BNSF stack train blasts uphill near tunnel 2 in Tehachapi.
BNSF 8026 leads an intermodal train past CP Woodford as it snakes through the Tehachapi mountains.
As Southern Pacific SD45R #7486 shoves on the caboose on the rear of an Eastbound train, Santa Fe F-45 #5955 passes by heading Westbound.
Working upgrade into Cable, BNSF 3996 has a heavy eastbound Q train well in hand as it exits the 259-foot-long bore that is Tunnel 17.
On a cool evening in Tehachapi mountains, a westbound BNSF Z train drops downgrade through the famous Tehachapi Loop and meets an eastbound freight waiting patiently in the siding at Woodford. Aft... (more)
Late afternoon finds this Barstow to Klamath Falls manifest nearing Cable X over with a nice lashup of power.
BNSF 8375 leads a southbound military train through Cable as it nears Tehachapi.
A southbound Union Pacific manifest traverses the Loop on the Mojave Subdivision.
With the remnants of a derailed tank car in the foreground, UP 5372 leads its train around one of the many curves in and around Tehachapi Pass.
During the prime of the roadrailers over Tehachapi I was lucky to catch this scene. As the train approaches Tehachapi with a string of Swift trailers, and Swift trailer can be seen in the backgrou... (more)
ATSF freight descending the Loop
Upon reaching the Summit at Tehachapi, Double Stacks start stretching it out past the rebuilt Railroad Station.