Two DPUs assist with braking on a loaded unit steel coil train, as they round the curve at Summit, and begin their decent down Cajon Pass.

UP 5371 South rounds the curve as it approaches Tunnel #1 at Caliente.

After rounding the turn at Sandcut in the late afternoon light, the Q-CHISTO has a straight shot and thirteen more miles until its crew change point in Bakersfield.

While the sun sets on another day in the Tehachapi Mountains, two DPUs bring up the rear of a unit grain train, as it drifts downgrade into Bena.

GP60M #133 leads the Cadiz Local as its climbs toward the summit at Ash Hill on BNSF's Needles Subdivision.

A GEVO leads this UP manifest train as it rounds the turn into Bealville, while the rear of the train can still be seen passing the north switch of Cliff.

A small hole in the clouds momentarily opens up allowing the sunlight to illuminate BNSF 744 south, as it rounds the curve into Marcel on its uphill climb through the Tehachapi Mountains.

The KG1LA rolls westbound through a set of reverse curves near the west end of Afton Canyon on Union Pacific's Cima Subdivision.

A unit grain train is stopped at a red signal at Tehachapi Summit, as three BNSF northbounds are strung out from Cable to Monolith, while they wait for a UP manifest struggling up the grade after ... (more)

UP 5523 North works up the 2% grade between Warren and Cameron.

BNSF 4390 is in control of its manifest train as it slowly drops down through Caliente. The two DPUs can be seen in the distance on the rear end, about to enter the horseshoe curve.

As low clouds hang over the Tehachapi Valley, C44-9W #5344 leads the Q-STOCHI, as it nears the CTC crossover at Tehachapi.

Amtrak's detoured Coast Starlight #11, works up the #1 track through Cable X-Over, as it continues its ascent toward Tehachapi Summit.

B40-8W #567 and B40-8 #8639 are in control of a track geometry train, as it rolls down through the north end of Bealville.

BNSF 4915 is on the point of a unit coal train as it tackles the grade approaching Cameron with Tehachapi Summit only another eight miles further west. This train comes off the Union Pacific and ... (more)