Union Pacific (Patched Southern Pacific) AC4400CW #6400 leads a grain train down the Tehachapi Pass towards Bakersfield, CA. This was the last engine painted in SP colors to lead a train under the... (more)

Eastbound Southern Pacific 8136 charges uphill around the loop to the top of Tehachapi Pass and the town of Tehachapi.

UP 5395 and 4 other (2 were farther back in consist as mid-train DPU's) armour yellow GE's power the Roseville to West Colton manifest through the many curves of Bealville.

UP 8092 North tops the summit at Tehachapi in the late evening.

Brand new 8099 brings up the rear of this Northbound UP freight at Tehachapi as it slows for traffic ahead at Cable.

Mountain railroading at it's finest. After dealing with one of the greatest battles in mountain railroading, UP 7615 will have a much easier run as it heads out of Caliente towards Bakersfi... (more)

Making slow, but steady progress on the steep grade out of Caliente, BNSF 4003 and 3 other motors lead a manifest bound for points east.

The ZLCLT-14 lead by UP 7615 enters the Caliente Creek Narrows making good progress towards it's final destination of Lathrop.

Now nearing the exit of the Caliente Creek Narrows, BNSF 7066 and 6 more of Warren Buffet's workhorses begin to dig into the grade which they will face for the next several miles before they crest... (more)

With most of it's work behind it, Amtrak's Coast Starlight (more of a "San Joaquin Starlight" on this day) #11 glides downgrade at Marcel.

SP 7502 East holds just shy of the summit for a train ahead to clear.

Late afternoon finds this Northbound stack/rack train cresting 3,793' ft Tehachapi Summit lead by BNSF 780 in warbonnet colors.

UP's hottest train on the I-5 route is the Brooklyn trailers, seen here racing across the Tehachapi Valley east of Monolith.

BNSF 4354 leads a grain train east through the classic searchlights at Monolith

The DPU of this Roseville manifest takes the curve at the east end of Rowen on Union Pacific's Mojave Sub.