A winter storm parts for the afternoon sun that lights up the Lehigh cement factory at Monolith and a passing south bound BNSF intermodal rolling quickly by at track speed.
Around the horseshoe Curve at Caliente and starting the 2% grade up the western slope of the Tehachapi mountains. Southbound Union Pacific Z with ES44AC No. 8156 leading the charge on the hill to ... (more)
Nouthbound Union Pacific ES44AC No.8166 leads a Mixed Manifest into Bealville Siding. Meanwhile further up the hill the Distributed power unit is about to enter Tunnel 5.