An earth worm, disguised as a BNSF train, drifts by a stopped baretable train and down through the curves west of Bealville, entering the Allard horseshoe.

As fog dances in and out of the Tehachapi hills around tunnel 2, a BNSF grain train climbs south right through the fog toward Bealville siding.

In the early hours of a Tehachapi spring morning, the UP QRVWC rounds the Caliente horseshoe curve while the first rays of light freshly paint the valley scene below.

A north bound UP intermodal slowly navigates across the dry, barren landscape of the Caliente valley, as the train rounds the horseshoe curve and is set to twist it’s way down the remainder of t... (more)

As the rain continues to fall over the San Joaquin Valley in the distance, a long south bound BNSF intermodal gets underway again after having held at Bena for a few north bounds to come off the h... (more)

A UP intermodal drops down into the Bealville boot on a late afternoon in winter.

In soft, late afternoon light on a stormy winter’s day, a north bound UP intermodal pops out from behind the hill at the old site of tunnel 6 and catches the day’s last rays of sunlight at Cli... (more)

A northbound BNSF intermodal glides into Caliente, CA.

A long string of BNSF auto racks climb their way up and out of the San Joaquin valley and into the Tehachapi Mountains on a stormy afternoon at the south end of Ilmon. Bringing along with it is th... (more)

A loaded down south bound Union Pacific manifest thunders up the Tehachapi Mountain’s western slope between tunnels 1 and 2 as a winter storm continues to gather in the east.

Echoing GE locomotives, from a very long BNSF stack train, roar through the green hills of Tehachapi climbing the grade in early morning light, above the Tehachapi loop at Marcel. The upper elevat... (more)

Lead by a CitiRail unit, a BNSF intermodal quickly pops out of a dense fog while it crosses the river on a cold winter morning.

Back in the days when borrowed/old power was seen more often on the hill. Nearing the end of it's journey across the mountain, this BNSF intermodal is rounding the sweeping curve at Cameron Canyon... (more)

On a perfect spring afternoon in the lower Tehachapi foothills, a north bound BNSF auto rack train navigates down the west curves of the Caliente Canyon, along side the winding creek. The train is... (more)

DPUs on a south bound UP manifest push through the Caliente Canyon, by a north bound UP manifest, and into the town of Caliente on a perfect spring afternoon.