BNSF VIP excursion slips down the "gentle" east slope of Marias Pass three miles west of East Glacier, MT. The train will head west within the hour for an annual barbecue at the railfan-popular Iz... (more)

Early morning light gleams off a southbound BNSF stack train "looping the loop" on its way to the Tehachapi summit.

Empty grain train snakes through tunnels 7 & 8 between Cliff siding (lower right) and Rowen siding (upper left) on a section of mountain railroading seldom seen by railfans. This topography gen... (more)

Empty grain train wraps around one of the several "Horseshoes of Tehachapi", this one between the sidings at Rowen (right side of picture) and Woodford (left side of picture). The National Chav... (more)

A southbound BNSF intermodal charges up the Tehachapi Loop, squinting into the low, early-morning sun just before entering tunnel 10.

Southbound empty grain train loops through tunnel two between Caliente and Bealville, CA beginning its assault on the Tehachapis. The horseshoe curve down at Caliente and tunnel 1 are in the uppe... (more)

UP heritage unit 1996 leads a southbound intermodal freight through "Cable" just north of Tehachapi, CA

A southbound empty grain train coils around the Tehachapi Loop on its ascent from Bakersfield to the high desert. This is simply another perspective of the same train in a May 9 post.

A southbound empty grain train climbs away from the horseshoe curve at Caliente, CA on its run up the Tehachapi Mts. to the high desert.

A 108-car southbound empty grain train "loops the loop" on the famed "Tehachapi Loop" in this aerial image taken on a perfect day in May.

A westbound manifest "reflects" on a beautiful day in the Allegheny Mountains at the Mance road crossing on the eastern slope of CSX's Sand Patch grade.

"AFTERNOON DELIGHT" NS955, chased but never subdued, slips past the ruins of Chapman's Mill in Thoroughfare Gap, VA, about mp 14 on the NS B-Line at 3:20pm on 4/10/07 The mill was built in 1742 an... (more)

This is an enhancement of a previous photo taken from a hill high above the historical marker. The spring wildflowers really improve the setting.

Amtrak P030; 1'30" exposure; 8:30pm

Eastbound CSX manifest winds down the east slope of the Alleghenies near Fairhope, PA on "Sand Patch" grade.