BNSF 6847 drops downgrade between tunnels 5 and 3, just South of Bealville.

UP 9067 receives a signal during a long twilight exposure at Sandcut.

BNSF 7897 rolls into Bakersfield.

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)

EMDX 7021 leads a westbound freight around the horseshoe curve at Caliente.

BNSF 5531 climbs upgrade through Marcel.

An eastbound manifest train rounds the Tehachapi Loop, lead by ATSF 851.

UP 5499 rolls out of Bealville in the afternoon sun.

UP 8409 races through Sandcut late in the afternoon.

Five days before the discontinuance of the famed "oil cans" daily run over the Tehachapi Pass, SP 8656 leads the train eastbound out of Caliente.

BNSF 7368 slows for the horseshoe curve at Caliente.

A southbound Union Pacific manifest creeps upgrade through Marcel.

BNSF 4198 eases out of Bealville and is about to enter Tunnel 2 on Tehachapi Pass.

Final preparations are given to Fillmore and Western 2-8-0 14 prior to the 2013 Rail Festival.

Signal 3238 is in silhouette form as sunlight slips through a cloudy afternoon sky.