Looking back towards Bena, this BNSF Northbound is leaving the Tehachapi's behind as it races towards Bakersfield. Note the bridge replacement on Bena road to the right of the photo.
The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak 518 and Amtrak 517, is coasting down the short hill from Sandcut as it heads eastbound up Tehachapi Pass. Cotton ... (more)
As an SP engineer inspects and makes ready his helper power in the spur at Bena, a Santa Fe eastbound comes down the hill from Sandcut behind his locomotives in the fading light.