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)

It's a moonlit scene between tunnels 1 and 2, as a northbound BNSF auto rack train curves it's way down the Tehachapi foothills around midnight on a perfect spring night.

The sun shines through dense fog and down onto a BNSF intermodal charging up Tehachapi's western slope between tunnels 1 and 2.

A trio of GE's pose underneath a beautiful sky as it begins the steep ascent up to Yampai summit.

On a cold cloudy February, the soft winter light pierces through the clouds during the last minutes of daylight as an eastbound train approaches Seligman AZ.

The last of the days light isn't much, but a glinting unit tank train is just what is needed to create interesting light on the BNSF Seligman sub.

They were single tracking through Crozier canyon and trains were fleeting. Here you see a short HBARLUB1-29 climbing out of Cherokee headed towards Peach Springs, it snuck in on the tail of a few ... (more)

A late summer trip sort of limited our success on our list trip to the Pacific NW. But did create great sunrise and sunsets. Here a Westbound train crosses the famous bridge over Lake Pend Oreil... (more)

Just after sunset a westbound auto train and the slide fences glint in the deep cut at West Doublea on the BNSF Seligman Sub.

Sitting nearly at the base of the Tehachapi grade, Caliente in its heyday was a busy spot on the railroad, today what's left is only a few houses and a general post office. The once 4 tracks that ... (more)

A south bound BNSF manifest climbs its way up and out of tunnel 2 and through the curves of the north end of Bealville siding in the early afternoon hours of a spring day.