A consist of several EMDs blasts out of tunnel 9 as it battles the grade at the Loop.

A set of light helpers enters the cut below the Loop.

Having just emerged from Tunnel 10, Union Pacific Dash 9-44CW 9585 (ex-SP 8121) holds the main as train KLCSE-08 passes through the east end of Walong, also known as the "Tehachapi Loop." The rea... (more)

A big SP U33C with a "cobra" warning light atop the cab leads a heavy manifest up the steep grade on the approach to the Loop.

A BNSF manifest circles the Tehachapi Loop.

This is one of the reasons that made Tehachapi Loop special for me during the eighties...mid train helpers, especially Tunnel Motors, doing what they were designed to do in the mountains. See # 20... (more)

Santa Fe 156 East roars up the approach to the Loop on a morning when the upper reaches of the Tehachapi Mountains are covered in a blanket of snow and ice.

BNSF 5062 leads an early morning southbound freight at Walong.

This spot seems to summarize Tehachapi, exit tunnel, enter horseshoe curve, enter S curve, repeat...

I've been told that tarantulas have been seen along the trail I walked to access this photo spot. Fortunately, none were present on this August afternoon.

My first (rail) photo in USA. I' m in love with those trains. Lacy Americans, I am envy of you. A friend from Greece.

The trailing CSX engine came through the day before, presumably it's starting a lengthy return trip to home rails.

A sunny California morning greets the 7546 as it emerges from Tunnel 9, underneath Tehachapi Loop.

Golden evening light illuminates Tunnel 9 and a pair of DPUs on the rear of an eastbound manifest.

It's 8:40AM and the day is off to a great start with UP 9652 leading the third eastbound of the morning!