An eastbound BNSF double stack splits the left-over carnage from a recent Union Pacific derailment, just out of the west portal of tunnel 1, as it climbs out of Caliente.
With C&NW 'heritage' yellow and green up front Union Pacific's eastbound 'Brooklyn trailers' drift down grade at Warren, nearly at the end of its crossing of the Tehachapis.
The chug of three GE units slowly emerges from the quiet darkness, fading in and out as the train climbs out of Ilmon. Occasional blasts from the horn as the Engineer approaches the grade crossin... (more)