BNSF 6628 leads a high priority "Z" train out of Bena on a warm, spring afternoon.

UP 5458 approaches the Tehachapi Loop on a cold, winter afternoon.

BNSF 4483 begins it's slow descent down Tehachapi Pass. Nine locomotives spread throughout the train hold back nearly 15,000 tons of grain bound for Swanson, CA.

Evidence of the previous night's storm covers the landscape as BNSF 4046 drops downgrade out of Marcel.

Sunlight leaks through a cloudy sky and silhouettes the DPU of a Southbound "Z" train.

Cloud shrouded Tehachapi Pass lies ahead of UP 7634.

The iconic cross buck guards a private crossing outside of Bakersfield.

UP 7386 rolls through the sag at Monolith. The train will crest Tehachapi Pass and begin it's slow descent to Bakersfield.

BNSF 6744 dodges shadows as the train rolls through Bena.

BNSF 6744 drops down through Bealville while meeting a Union Pacific manifest.

BNSF 5104 charges up Tehachapi Pass as remnants of the previous night's storm hang over the pass.

BNSF and KCS power lead this Southbound intermodal up the Tehachapi grade between tunnels 1 and 2 in March of 2005.

UP 7448 climbs upgrade through Tunnel 1.

BNSF 6796 dodges shadows on the climb out of Caliente. Code line and Searchlight signals, a staple of Tehachapi since the days of steam, will soon succumb to technology and be scribed into the pa... (more)

UP 8403 thunders out of Tunnel 2.