Four tunnel motors and two SD-45s are in run 8 and they grind uphill over the bridge just below Tehachapi Loop. The Oil Cans train usually required at least 4 units on the point, with 5 to 6 unit... (more)

38 years ago today, Santa Fe 5578, Santa Fe 5920 and a Santa Fe U-boat lead a westbound hotshot over the bridge just below Tehachapi Loop.

UP West Manifest with 9806 (SP), 3231 (UP), 4435 (UP), 6084 (HLCX), SD70M/SD40-2/SD40T-2/SD40-2, curving into Walong, Tehachapi Loop

Far from its home rails along the coast, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight makes the most of the straight track from Monolith as it works upgrade toward the summit of Tehachapi Pass. On this day... (more)

BNSF 619 leads near Tehachapi in 1998.

BNSF Dash 9 4361 leads classmates 3790 and 4009 as they round the Warren Curve on their descent from the Tehachapi Pass. Only the wind turbines give any suggestion of just how windy it was at the ... (more)

Climbing the relatively easy grade out of Mojave and into Tehachapi Pass, UP 2582, a new Tier 4 unit, leads the MWCRVC-08 into the snow capped hills of Monolith as it approaches the summit.

UP 3557, SSW 9398, SP 9246 and SP 8710 go over the top of their train on Tehachapi Loop. The four unit helper set has just cleared tunnel 9, and the sound of 7 EMDs and 1 GE U-boat in run 8 was a... (more)

A BNSF intermodal train glides down the UP line over Tehachapi pass. At this location, the former Walong and Marcel sidings have recently been connected by adding about 1 mile of second track, for... (more)

SP work train with SSW Cotton Belt SD40T-2 8323 going up Tehachapi Loop October 09, 1994.

Going east into the setting sun, a Union Pacific Z passes the Cement Plant at Monolith.

A Winding Cable

A train loaded with lumber products winds its way through Cable, on the outskirts of the town of Tehachapi, California, on November 25, 1978. In a handful of miles, ... (more)

A BNSF manifest is lifted up Tehachapi by two bran-new Tier IV locomotives....