Faded glory. Former ATSF 645 leads an Eastbound out of Wasco, CA.

UP 9067 receives a signal during a long twilight exposure at Sandcut.

UP 6160 drops downgrade between Cliff and Bealville on the Tehachapi Pass.

Far from the lush greenery of the East Coast, NS 4572 pulls a BNSF empty oil train out of the siding at Bealville on the Tehachapi Pass.

Green hills, puffy clouds and nice light combine to set the scene for BNSF 5922 as the train climbs towards Bealville on Tehachapi Pass.

A Southbound welded rail train pulls through Bealville.

One of the few remaining locomotives in Southern Pacific paint on the Union Pacific system emerges from Tunnel 3, grinding up Tehachapi Pass.

Trona Railway's "Daily Run" crosses Searles Station Rd on it approach to Searles, where the crew will interchange with the Union Pacific before returning to Trona.

Fading light and aging EMD locomotives combine to create a sense of nostalgia as the Trona Railway delivers the day's interchange to the Union Pacific at Searles.

UP 8865 drops downgrade through Bealville under dodgy light and shadows.

A dark and quiet Sunday night is brought to life by BNSF Southbound train H FRSBAR.

UP 9085 thunders upgrade on the approach to the Tehachapi Loop.

UP 8587 descends aroung the horseshoe curve at Caliente, near the bottom of Tehachapi Pass.

BNSF 5250 rolls out of Monolith in preparation for descending the South slope of the Tehachapi Pass.

The city lights of Bakersfield silhouette the cut at Sandcut as the EOT of a Northbound UP train rounds the last curve of the Tehachapi Pass, before reaching Bakersfield.