BNSF 4353 glides up Tehachapi Pass, closely following two other trains. The train is handling extra power to offset what Chicago sent west days before.

BNSF 6628 leads a high priority "Z" train out of Bena on a warm, spring afternoon.

BNSF 967 crests the grade at Sandcut late in the afternoon. The train will pause at Bena for a meet.

UP 8194 charges upgrade at Tunnel 2 with an empty "Rock" train in tow.

BNSF 5198 makes a brief pass through late afternoon sunlight on its journey over Tehachapi Pass.

With sun visors down, the crew of BNSF 5459 shields their eyes from the late afternoon sun as the train glides through Sandcut.

BNSF 4975 stops at Quantico while waiting for a Union Pacific train to change crews and clear up Kern Junction.

UP 7628 takes the signal at Sandcut. The good old Searchlights are slated for retirement in 2012.

BNSF 5446 pulls through Edison late in the afternoon.

BNSF 5104 charges up Tehachapi Pass as remnants of the previous night's storm hang over the pass.

A unit coil steel train glides up Tehachapi Pass, having just traversed the Tehachapi Loop.

BNSF 5041 climbs through Rowen on spring morning.

BNSF 4739 drops down the last few miles into Mojave.

Both North and Southbound trains occupy the siding at Bealville, while BNSF 7842 glides down the main line.

BNSF 5154 charges through Sanborn on a winter afternoon. In a few miles, the train will begin it's venture over the Tehachapi Pass.