A long UP manifest just emerged from Tunnel 5 at Cliff Siding in the Tehachapi Mountains. The rear of the train can be seen in the shadows further down the hill.
Union Pacific GE ES44AC No. 8014 leads three EMD SD70Ms on a southbound intermodal train climbing California’s Tehachapi Pass on sinuous trackage entering the Allard horseshoe curve at Bealville... (more)
A unit train of cement hoppers drops downgrade through the curves approaching the west switch of the siding at Bealville, California, on March 1, 2016.
The dark concreted enclosure of Tehachapi’s tunnel 3 lies quiet for the majority of the time, until the faint illumination of an approaching train begins to quickly light up the right of way out... (more)