The conductor and engineer on the SP 9172 watch as we roll by on the Amtrak - Pacific Railroad Society Mountain Outin Special up Tehachapi Pass. With the re-alignment of the siding, this view of ... (more)

The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak SDP40F AMTK 518 and AMTK 517, is rolling westbound towards Bakersfield as it approaches tunnel 1 on Tehachapi Pass... (more)

The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak SDP40F AMTK 518 and AMK 517, is rolling westbound around the Caliente Curve towards Bakersfield. I rode the entir... (more)

Four BNSF Dash 9 locomotives pull a Willow Spring, IL to North Bay, CA UPS train as they slowly round the horseshoe curve of Caliente on a warm September Sunday in 2013. Three out of the four loco... (more)

BNSF's Stockton to Chicago Q train passes through the Caliente horseshoe as it heads up Tehachapi Pass.

BNSF's Barstow to Stockton freight passes through Caliente in the early morning with Tier4 3848.

New UP Tier4 power leads a Northbound manifest into Caliente in the early morning.

On March 28, 2001, a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight heads downgrade through Caliente, California, behind warbonnet-clad No. 766. Behind the Dash 9 is a group of Cascade green EMDsâ... (more)

Westbound SP train descending the Tehachapi grade into Caliente.

Over six hours before this photo was taken, we were standing on a hill near Bealville waiting for this heavy Roseville, Calif. to West Colton, Calif. manifest to make the climb over the famous Teh... (more)

It's the first day of spring along Tehachapi Pass and the hills are green while a rain storm dumps water over the pass. Yet, this doesn't some trains from moving; only the dispatcher does! Which i... (more)

Southbound UP intermodal climbing out of Caliente

BNSF Railway train M-BARRIC1-05A passes through Caliente, in southern California's Tehachapi Mountains, on November 6th, 2015. This merchandise train, heading to Richmond, CA (from Barstow, CA) i... (more)

Heading from Stockton CA to Chicago IL, BNSF Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-STOCHI6-05L approaches the horseshoe curve at Caliente, in California's Tehachapi Mountains. Caliente, at an ele... (more)