No fooling around on the loop today! UP 1996 makes its way around the famous Tehachapi Loop.
No foolin' around on April Fool's Day 2007 while UP 1996 takes on the famed Tehachapi Loop, toting a string of trailers toward Los Angeles.
Moving out of Walong and through the loop, there are cars in the background, foreground and center of this amazing area. No wonder its so popular.
This train is just about the perfect lenght to get the head end power and the two DPU's at the right time.
Being my first time to the loop, just being here was a treat but having SOO come along was real nice.
Climbing the Tehachapi grade at the loop itself. This picture really shows the superelevation of this curve.
One of the few trains of the day. A very slow day on the loop because of the Sacramento trestle fire according to a UP worker.
At dawn, five SP SD's power a merchandise freight up into Tehachapi Loop.
On a sunny Saturday with somewhat rare Tehachapi snow to my back, a BNSF grain "Worm Train" snakes it's way through the infamous Loop. Thought the snake effect would look better without the loop i... (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.
Two SD45T2's, an SD45 and SD40 at Walong on the Tehachapi Loop
Crossing over lower entrance to the Tehachapi Loop
TOFC train southbound leaving Tunnel 10.
A southbound manifest winds its way out of Tunnel 10, just ahead of another southbound that'll pop its head out of the tunnel a few minutes later.
A short southbound manifest climbs the Loop on a very slow Tuesday thanks to MoW work. Even though it was a slow day for action, I'm grateful I got a chance at the 'classic' shot of the Loop.
