It's March, and high above the Tehachapi Loop, the mountains are covered in a slight dusting of snow...

Leaving Tunnel #2

Entering Tunnel #2

A rebuilt U36C heads downgrade into Caliente on a hot morning in May 1987. The Santa Fe referred to these units as SF30Cs and squeezed quite a few extra miles out of them.

Four BNSF Dash 9's bring this hot Z train down hill toward Caliente horseshoe curve.

A BNSF H2 GEVO leads three BNSF H2 Dash 9's.

Three BNSF and a visiting NS Dash 9 head down hill toward Bakersfield.

UP 9630 down hill from Tehachapi entering Tunnel 2.

BNSF 5304 leads a WB stack as it drops down into Caliente, CA in March 2005.

BNSF 7695 leads a northbound intermodal train pass the DPUs on a southbound BNSF manifest.

BNSF 5356 leads a mixed manifest through the horseshow curve at Caliente under gorgeous skies.

It never fails.....every trip I make to Tehachapi nets at least one NS GE led train. Freshly painted NS 9956 is seen here leading a southbound BNSF autorack train at Caliente.

UP 4020 leads a short southbound manifest train as it snakes its way around one of the many steep reverse curves at Caliente on a beautiful Spring evening.

7674 leading C44-9W 5243 and ES44DC 7648 out of Tunnel 2

A 199 train drops downhill at Caliente with a long string of piggyback trailers bound for the Bay Area.