A polarizing filter gives this photo beautiful richness. A southbound BNSF with some UP power enters Mojave.

U36C 8744 leads a westbound manifest through Maltby where it will start the climb to tunnel 3 in Franklin Canyon.

Santa Fe SD45-2 5677 passes the old passenger station in Mojave as an SP helper set waits for the westbound it will help over the Tehachapi Mountains.

Santa Fe 8734 West beings the 18-mile climb up the eastern slope of Tehachapi Pass.

A pair of SP westbound freights prepare to depart Mojave as a Santa Fe eastbound rolls through town toward its own rails to Barstow.

Six GE U36Cs bring an eastbound manifest out of the Tehachapis on a cold winter morning in Mojave.

On May 12, 1984, Southern Pacific SD45E 7399 (ex-SD45 8837) and SD40E 7342 (ex-SD40 8470) rest in Mojave after assisting SP GS-4 4-8-4 4449, on its way to Los Angeles, over the Tehachapi Mountains... (more)

The heritage of this unit is ... Anyone? Anyone? ... Union Pacific 3415.

SD40T-2 8294 looks on as AC9-44CW 374 waits for work.