UP 8214 works up the gentle grade between Bena and Sandcut as it heads for Bakersfield.

Union Pacific's ZDLSKX passes under the cantilever signal bridge at Sandcut, CA, as it begins its climb over Tehachapi. Normally this train is run north up the valley from Delano, CA then east ove... (more)

Passing the new signals at Sandcut, KCS 4807 leads this unit steel train in the late evening.

9679 North races through Sandcut with the QALTRIC in tow. A welcome sight with the 2 EMD's in the lead, thanks to power hungry BNSF.

A set of four GEs lettered for three different railroads leads M MODBAR1 08A (running on UP as MMOBAJ) through SANDCUT interlocking (also known more blandly as "CP SP325"). The SP signals here are... (more)

BNSF 7873 leads this Northbound Oakland bound stack train upgrade between Bena and Sandcut.

BNSF 5312 North passes through the Sandcut crossovers as it leads this Clovis to Richmond rack train towards Bakersfield.

BNSF 5183 leads this northbound mixed freight at Sandcut as it leaves Tehachapi Pass behind with a straight shot to Bakersfield ahead.

nearly two months after the Union Pacific merged with the Southern Pacific, there is nary a sign of the UP as train 1-EUDOQ-(K)-04 (Eugene OR to Carson [Dolores yard] CA) rounds the S-curves at Sa... (more)

A heritage 1 Dash 9 leads this southbound intermodal into the curve at Sandcut as it heads downgrade towards Bena.

A westbound Southern Pacific freight curves through Sandcut, California, after an arduous crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains on the pleasant spring day of March 8, 1996.

At dusk, the caboose light of a westbound freight leaves a red trail as the train heads for Bakersfield.

Leading an IDITAX-24, UP 1983 has finished it's climb over Tehachapi Pass, and will now continue north through the Central Valley of California, and eventually ending it's run in Tacoma, Washingto... (more)

3 GE's lead this BNSF stack train north towards Bakersfield as it passes the Sandcut crossovers and under one of 2 SP canteliver signal bridges still in service on UP's Mojave Sub.

A westbound Southern Pacific freight curves through Sandcut, California, after a arduous crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains on the pleasant spring day of March 8, 1996. Power for the train is a p... (more)