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)

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)

The DPU power on the rear of this westbound BNSF Coal Train, is seen here stopped at BNSF's Harvard Yard in Marion, AR, waiting on a Signal to continue their journey west.

On a warm, late summer’s morning, just minutes after the sun had peaked the eastern Tehachapi Mountains, a north bound BNSF manifest quickly glides down through the golden hills of Woodford, gli... (more)

Climbing the color changing Tehachapi foothills and through the Allard area, where the train’s head end is exiting the Allard horseshoe above, while it’s rear portion still twists through the ... (more)

A BNSF auto rack train begins to snake its way up through the emerald coated Caliente canyon, splitting the tunnel 1/2 site, on a stormy winter afternoon that would produce traces of snow, falling... (more)

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)

On a frosty, winter morning at the Tehachapi Loop, a BNSF manifest has it’s turn at the railroad landmark, climbing the grade toward the town of Tehachapi. A winter storm had quickly broke apart... (more)

The Caliente Creek flows more like a river on this spring afternoon in February 2017 as a BNSF grain train rumbles south up beside the creek and is entering the north end of the Caliente Canyon. T... (more)

Perched high above tunnel 5 in the lower Tehachapi mountains on a dry spring morning, the view is of a north bound BNSF intermodal, dropping down grade around the curve at the north end of Cliff s... (more)