Late morning in the Antelope Valley finds a southbound UP manifest with new GE power working through Palmdale Junction as it heads toward its final destination at West Colton. The train is now on ... (more)

A refreshing sight to see as point power these days, a BNSF Heritage I Dash 9 leads a southbound doublestack container train through Bealville in the Tehachapi mountains.

Early morning south of Bakersfield at Sandcut finds a southbound UP mixed freight starting through the curves, and will soon be tackling the stiff grades over the Tehachapi range.

Slowly entering the high desert town of Mojave, a southbound Union Pacific manifest with three brand new ES45AH's up front whistles for the Arroyo Ave grade crossing, and will soon be back up to t... (more)

With afternoon thunderclouds building overhead, a southbound BNSF coiled steel train works upgrade through the Woodford area in the Tehachapi mountains.

Passing underneath the venerable and soon to be retired ex-SP signal bridge north of Mojave, a three unit set of brand new ES45AH's from GE are the head end power on a southbound UP manifest headi... (more)

Not long after sunrise in the Tehachapi mountains, a southbound Union Pacific manifest freight works through the Bealville area as it heads toward West Colton.

Just south of Mojave at Fleta, the hottest train on UP's I-5 Corridor, the Brooklyn trailers, picks up speed leaving town as it heads south toward Palmdale, West Colton and ultimately Shops Yard i... (more)

One of Union Pacific's newer SD70ACes acts as the lone distributed power unit on the rear end of a northbound domestic container train as it rolls downgrade toward Bealville from Tunnel 2.

Dropping into the high desert near Mojave, UP 8099 and two other recently delivered ES45AH's power a southbound manifest through the Warren area on the eastern end of Tehachapi Pass.

A warm summer morning in the Tehachapi mountains above Tunnel 10 finds a southbound UP mixed freight heading toward West Colton with a decade old SD70M on the point.

During the last few moments of the pre-sunrise blue hour, a southbound Union Pacific manifest with three brand new ES45AH "Heavies" up front climbs the last several miles toward Tehachapi Summit o... (more)

A hot July afternoon finds a southbound Union Pacific domestic container train rounding the big curve heading into Tunnel 2 between Caliente and Bealville on the UP Mojave Sub.

Between Mojave and Tehachapi, a northbound BNSF manifest charges upgrade through Cameron on the UP Mojave Sub while thunderheads build in the distance.

Just after sunrise, a southbound Union Pacific manifest with three brand new ES45AH "Heavies" up front screams through Cameron and on toward Mojave after having crossed the Tehachapi mountains.