An incredibly long UP intermodal is seen beginning it’s climb up the Tehachapi’s, working up through Ilmon, in the muffled light from a cloud covered sky. The muddy watered Caliente Creek flow... (more)

In the dry heat of a hot spring day, within the quiet confines of the Caliente Canyon, the highly anticipated echo of dynamic braking finally comes to the canyon walls, after having waited in the ... (more)

The motion blur of a BNSF manifest at the Cable curves in the moon light.

A south bound BNSF intermodal rumbles it’s way up out of the Bealville area and into tunnel 3 on a warm spring afternoon in the Tehachapi’s.

Proving there’s more to the Tehachapi mountains than just trains, a UP intermodal slowly snakes its way north through the highly vegetated hills and cuts around the secluded area of tunnel 8, wh... (more)

In the sizzled heat of a summer's afternoon, just east of Bakersfield, CA, an extremely long south bound BNSF intermodal is moments from curving around it's first of many more curves to come on it... (more)

The sound of the Tehachapi Creek echoing through the deep, shadowy gorge below Cliff, creates a similar feeling of when standing by the Merced River in Yosemite Natural Park, while a north bound B... (more)

California poppies cover the Tehachapi foothills in the background and around the Union Pacific mainline here between tunnels 7 and 8, under the darkened skies that are minutes from unleashing fur... (more)

Westbound BNSF grain loads carefully drop down grade at Ilmon, with a mixed bag of power up front. The train's swing and rear distributed power consists can also be seen in this view, adding much ... (more)

Leaving Cache Creek Canyon eastbound Union Pacific tonnage carefully drops down the east side of Tehachapi, conforming to the curves at Warren.

With desert wildflowers in full bloom an eastbound BNSF manifest drops down the east side of Tehachapi at Warren.

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)

A north bound BNSF manifest loops around the Tehachapi Loop and begins to exit out of tunnel 9 on a gloomy spring morning.

A south bound BNSF intermodal, with a Ferromex unit second out in it’s consist, thunders out of the rock covered tunnel 7 in the Tehachapi’s, while under a cloud covered sky moments from down ... (more)

The shadows of an early morning at Keene, CA continue to shrink as the sun slowly starts to illuminate the emerald landscape and a short BNSF manifest rounding the horseshoe curve in the glamour o... (more)