Classic late 1980s SP: 8256 leads four company SDs and one Rio Grande unit eastbound.
Canon Digital Rebel 300D
A westbound stone train gets run around by a BNSF Merch, whose pushers are negotiating the horseshoe curve. Canon EOS 10D, 250@f8.0, 200mm
On a gloomy afternoon, a UP TOFC ascends the grade at less than 20mph. Around the curve is tunnel 2. Canon EOS 10D, 125@f5.6, 200mm
A southbound BNSF TOFC rounds the horseshoe curve at Caliente. The train still has 27 railroad miles and 2700 feet in elevation to tackle before reaching the summit at Tehachapi. Canon EOS 10D, ... (more)
As a stone train (with an Oakway and two units leased from MRL) holds the siding, a BNSF merch drifts downgrade around the horseshoe curve at Caliente. Canon EOS 10D, 250@f6.7, 70mm
A nice suprise in the form of this BNSF SD45-2 leads a northbound train onto the #2 track at Caliente, CA
BNSF 4880 south heading up the mountain towards the Tehachapi Loop on the ex-SP Tehachapi Pass Line
"Artsy" going away shot of this northbound train just north of the horseshoe curve at Caliente.
A rare SD45-2 leads a MRL SD40-2 and a BNSF SD40-2 on a northbound manifest around the horseshoe curve and into the sun at Caliente.
Eight locos hauling a long double-stacker NB just as the sun was setting.
