A westbound Z train descents down to Caliente where a heavy UP manifest waits for it in the siding on a September afternoon.
After a 30min wait at Caliente for a northbound UP train, BNSF 4713 South is again on the move and round the famous horseshoe curve at Caliente on an another beautiful spring day on the pass.
A Union Pacific drag climbs upgrade between Caliente and Bealville in the Tehachapi Mountains as the morning sun begins to cast light on the rolling green hills.
SP Portland to Los Angeles intermodal climbing out of Caliente in the Tehachapi's
Santa Fe hottest of the hot eastbound Bay area to Chicago 991 train is climbing out of Caliente, CA in the Tehachapi Mountains
From the beginning It almost looks like the start of the BNSF era of railroading as a trio of H1 Dash-9s lead a westbound high priority intermodel train down Tehachapi Pass at Caliente.
After holding at Caliente for two BNSF Z trains and a UP manifest, three of UP's newest locomotives, the ES44AHs, and three mid trains have no problem getting up to speed with a 102 car long manif... (more)
Amtrak 176 leads Southbound Coast Starlight #11 between Caliente and Tunnel 1 as it climbs Tehachapi Pass.
#14 rounds the curve at Caliente as it heads for the narrows and a quick run to Bakersfield. Note the Cascade unit being sent back north to Seattle.
Southbound detouring Amtrak Coast Starlight #11 passes a waiting BNSF Southbound at Caliente as it makes a late afternoon run over the Tehachapi Mountains.
UP and BNSF manifests meet in the Caliente Narrows.
A Fresno - West Colton manifest is in the siding at south Caliente, waiting for a northbound manifest, seen on the hill, to pass
A northbound intermodal pops out of Tunnel 2 as it descends Tehachapi Pass.
Near Caliente, CA, BNSF 7617 rounds a curve with a fully loaded double stack train.