A Northbound UP manifest works up the short grade between Bena and Sandcut in December of 2008 with 3 Railpower hybrid switch engine's heading to Northern California.

Southbound baretables work through Sandcut in the early morning.

Northbound stacks pass through Sandcut as it heads towards Bakersfield for a crew change.

The DPUs on a Wasco-bound coal train sail past the cantilever signal at Sandcut. This train is loaded in Utah and runs via UP's LA&SL mainline to Daggett where it enters BNSF trackage for the firs... (more)

The sun sinks in the western sky, framed by an aging Southern Pacific cantilever signal bridge.

A pair of GEVOs lead a short Union Pacific autorack train south through Sandcut, the curve of which is generally considered to be the beginning of the railroad's assault on the Tehachapi Mountains... (more)

Early morning finds the ZBRLC working through Sandcut as it heads into the Tehachapi's.

A fresh ES44DC leads the BARRIC down Tehachapi Pass and towards Bakersfield, catching some low March evening rays of sun at Sandcut.

Happy Birthday to me! Well, a day late... Two of BNSF's newest C4's battle upgrade with 8900 tons of manifest ahead of them. As seen through the heatwaves of the DPU's (6602, 6603), the hea... (more)

A short Southbound Cement train races across the flat farm land outside Bakersfield as it prepares to head into the Tehachapi Mountains.

UP's ZLALT works up the slight grade between Bena and Sandcut as it heads North towards Bakersfield.

With 30 minutes left of sunlight to spare, a Westbound Z train rolls down Tehachapi Pass at Sandcut, with a clear signal ahead.

BNSF 797 South begins its climb up the Tehachapi Mountains, as it passes under one of two remaining cantilever signal bridges still in service between Bakersfield and Mojave.

BNSF train H-EVEBAR9-12 snakes through the S-curve at Sandcut, as it ascends the Tehachapi Mountains on its way east. On the point, off in the distance on the slight downgrade, are BNSF 7409, 828... (more)