The sun has set behind the hills north of tunnel 2, but heavy action continues on Tehachapi's western slope. At the west end of Beaville siding, an eastbound SP manifest meets a Santa Fe light hel... (more)

A long Santa Fe manifest with plenty of motive power enters Crozier Canyon's east end under threatening monsoon skies.

Santa Fe 5256 East, a long pig train with a caboose on the rear, roars uphill toward Crookton, AZ and beyond. At right-center of the photo, one can see black smoke from another, hotter pig train o... (more)

On the morning of October 5, 1985, Santa Fe 8020 East accelerates out of Avon after coming off the Franklin Canyon grade. The train is a 54-car 991 bound for Chicago. In the distance is the tall s... (more)

In April 1987, Santa Fe 8133 East, a heavy manifest, roars up the approach to the Loop with an "SPSF" merger unit on the point. One of the GEs in the consist appears to have a bad inject... (more)

Dropping down the steep grade at Warren, Santa Fe 8118 East rolls through the sweeping curve by which the SP was able to overcome the tremendous incline in the defile that connects the Mojave Dese... (more)

In June 1984, with the shadows in the Alhambra Valley getting longer and longer, six 4-axle EMDs lead a westbound Santa Fe pig across Muir Trestle in Martinez, CA. In a month or so, Santa Fe will ... (more)

Led by a 3,000-hp SF30C, built using a U36C to start with, a Santa Fe 991 train roars through the reverse curves of Cable on Tehachapi Pass. The double track that starts at Cable's west switch con... (more)

An eastbound ATSF pig roars past the trackside indicator at the east end of Woodford and heads for the 4th crossing of Tehachapi Creek. Before the widespread use of radio communication on the SP, ... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe pig train negotiates the reverse curves in Clear Creek Ravine just west of tunnel 5. On the point is one of the railroad's recently "upgraded" SD45s.

Early on a fall morning, a 5899 train headed for Richmond, CA, meets an eastbound in the hole at Glen Frazer. The conductor on the rear platform of his caboose can clearly hear the 589 approaching... (more)

Late in the day, ATSF B23-7 No. 6410 leads a 199 up the 1.0 percent grade of Vine Hill. At one time, Vine Hill was the name of a siding the railroad had at this location. The plentiful exhaust is ... (more)

A cupola caboose punctuates the end of the Santa Fe 199 train at Glen Frazer, CA. The train's power is already rumbling up the grade inside tunnel. In just a few short months, cabooses will be gon... (more)

A Santa Fe 991 train fights curvature and a 1.0 percent grade as it roars uphill toward tunnel 3. All around is grass and stubble that's been bleached by the sun, and will dominate the landscape t... (more)

SP SD9E No. 4357 and five other unts help a heavy eastbound drag around the Loop on a chilly morning.