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Taken from the hill above Caliente, CA

3 SD70M’s lead a UP train through Caliente, while a southbound BNSF train waits its turn to climb up the mountain and through the Tehachapi Loop.

Climbing out of Caliente and approaching tunnel #2

Climbing out of Caliente and approaching tunnel #2

Detouring Amtrak #11, the Coast Starlight, is approaching Caliente, CA which marks the beginning of the grade over the Tehachapi's by way of the loop. Cascades unit #470 and P42 #179 make up the r... (more)

With a string of empty grain cars on the drawbar, three BNSF C44-9w's head upgrade out of Caliente, CA and head for Tehachapi. The two lead units reflect the faded glory of the now gone Santa Fe.

Union Pacific train ILBOA 08 (Long Beach, CA to Oakland, CA), led by ES44AC 7712, splits the signals as it heads north through Caliente, California, in the Tehachapi Mountains, on November 8, 2008... (more)

Stack cars pass from the darkness into the light of a waiting Union Pacific manifest, during a cool autumn night in Caliente.

Amtrak's detouring Coast Starlight threads its way through the Caliente Creek Narrows, as it begins its climb toward the summit.

A trio of AC4400s haul sugar beets through the Tehachapi Mountains. Notice the classic SP bay window caboose, well weathered, on the spur.

The "Seattle" winds its way down through the Caliente Creek Canyon, as it nears the former location of Tunnel 1/2. This tunnel was eventually daylighted after major flooding in the area, and the ... (more)

The M-BARSTO rounds the horseshoe curve as it drops down through Caliente, while the U-STOSNJ, loaded with windmill assemblies, waits for it to clear on the #2 track.