An eastbound manifest, led by two SD40-2's grinds upgrade approaching Walong.

An empty Wasco coal train walks upgrade through the siding at Bealville.

A set of early BNSF power leads an eastbound intermodal train upgrade through Bealville.

Five days before the discontinuance of the famed "oil cans" daily run over the Tehachapi Pass, SP 8656 leads the train eastbound out of Caliente.

Under threatening clouds and surrounded by green hills, a nearly new 2015 Union Pacific ET44AH No. 2651 leads a mixed manifest around the Caliente Horseshoe curve. Here begins the real climbing up... (more)

With a trio of Union Pacific motors up front the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey 'blue unit' circus train drifts through the many curves approaching the end of double mains at Cable on Calif... (more)

An overnight snowfall with snow levels falling to 2000 feet, covers the western slope of the Tehachapi Mountains. BNSF no. 6067 with Santa Fe warbonnet C449W no. 610 spliced into the consist, slid... (more)

It is late December 2015 and Tehachapi's rolling foothills have already began to take on a nice shade of green, foreshadowing the fantastic spring colors to come in 2016. Through the cool of that ... (more)

With Southern Pacific 'daylight' inspired heritage colors leading the charge eastbound tonnage bound for West Colton, CA conforms to Clear Creek Ravine, between Bealville and Cliff in the heart of... (more)

Southern California's Tehachapi Mountains are home to a truly one of a kind mountain railroad with accompanying weather that is just as unique. From triple digit heat in the Summer to snow and bel... (more)

Painted in morning sunlight Tehachapi's 'golden' hillsides provide a great backdrop as an eastbound BNSF 'Q' train works up the mountain at Cliff. With a pair of GEs pushing on the rear the headen... (more)

A BNSF manifest is climbing through the dry, barren landscape at the curves just south of Marcel siding on a hazy summer morning.

In some serious summer afternoon heat in the lower Tehachapi foothills, a south bound UP intermodal climbs the grade toward tunnel 2, up through the golden landscape with it's colorful stacks crea... (more)

Slowly slithering it’s way up through the hills of Keene and around the horseshoe curve on a pleasant spring afternoon. These three UP SD70’s lead their string of auto racks up by a BNSF manif... (more)

In the mid morning light of a dry spring day in the Tehachapi’s, a north bound UP intermodal drifts down the curves from tunnel 1 and into the south leg of the Caliente horseshoe.