BNSF 6621 leads a Southbound priority "Z" train into Woodford.

BNSF 4301 thunders upgrade towards Walong.

BNSF 7221 leads the Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL "Z" train at Sandcut, shortly after sunset.

The sun sets over Bakersfield as BNSF 7002 approaches Sandcut, CA.

Twilight engulfs the evening sky as BNSF 7002 leads the Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL high priority "Z" train through Sandcut.

The Stockton to Willow Springs "Z" train pulls hard up to Tunnel 2.

BNSF 7916 heads for Tehachapi Pass as the sun sets over Bakersfield.

The Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL "Z" train thunders through Sandcut in perhaps the final sunset shot I will capture with the aging cantilever signal as the centerpiece.

The day's last light finds the Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL "Z" as the train thunders out of the Caliente Creek Canyon.

BNSF 7548 thunders through Sandcut as building storms fill the sky at sunset.

BNSF 4353 glides up Tehachapi Pass, closely following two other trains. The train is handling extra power to offset what Chicago sent west days before.

BNSF 6628 leads a high priority "Z" train out of Bena on a warm, spring afternoon.

BNSF 6796 dodges shadows on the climb out of Caliente. Code line and Searchlight signals, a staple of Tehachapi since the days of steam, will soon succumb to technology and be scribed into the pa... (more)

BNSF 4197 pulls out of Caliente with 26 miles of 2.3% grade ahead. The 4197 would later suffer a piston failure at Walong, forcing the crew to back the train to Woodford to wait for another locom... (more)