Late on a spring day, a westbound Santa Fe freight zigzags downgrade through the reverse curves at Caliente. When SP built the line over Tehachapi, its construction crews came right up the very fi... (more)

A westbound AT&SF freight, behind 5393 5325 8085 8759 and 5096, cools its heels at Edwards in April 1988

Built May 1969 and retired August 1994

A long westbound manifest snakes through the curves at Caliente and heads for Caliente Creek Canyon on its way to Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley.