Bear mountain peak soaks in the sunlight as big summer clouds drift by above. Below, a long south bound BNSF stack train slowly climbs the steep grade around the horseshoe curve in Keene, CA on a ... (more)

A north bound Union Pacific MWCRV manifest slowly blurs it’s way through the curves at the west end of Bealville siding in the early moments of a cool fall evening. The train is coming up on an ... (more)

A Union Pacific stack train curves its way through the Caliente Canyon on a perfect winter afternoon.

A forward facing Union Pacific DPU pushes the rear of a south bound auto rack track up through the curves at the west end of Bealville siding(Allard), in the best environment a Tehachapi spring af... (more)

A short south bound Union Pacific manifest slithers it's way up through the curves at Allard in the late afternoon sun light as cloud shadows blanket the surrounding emerald hills. ... (more)

South bound BNSF manifest climbs the Tehachapi Loop during a break in a storm.

On a warm, late summer’s morning, just minutes after the sun peaked the eastern Tehachapi Mountains, a north bound BNSF manifest quickly glides down through the golden hills of Woodford, glintin... (more)

Late afternoon summer sun back lights the summit area of Tehachapi as a south bound UP manifest crests the hill during a strong wind storm kicking up a cloud of dust around the sprinting train tha... (more)

Spring in the lower Tehachapi foothills.

A Union Pacific intermodal climbs the Tehachapi grade through the green hills of Bealville on a clear spring day, as a patch of wild Lupines bask in the early afternoon sunlight along the hillside... (more)

Mid morning on a cool winter day in the lower Tehachapi’s brings the daily flow of morning north bounds down the mountain, through the majestic emerald foothills. Here, a BNSF intermodal glides ... (more)

Slowly poking out of tunnel 10 and into the summer morning sun is BNSF 6765 and her extremely long south bound stack train that requires 2 more locomotives right behind 6765 and an additional 2 on... (more)

A loaded down south bound Union Pacific manifest thunders up the Tehachapi Mountain’s western slope between tunnels 1 and 2 as a winter storm continues to gather in the east.

A BNSF stack train heads south up the Tehachapi Mountains, and around the loop, under a cloud covered winter sky.

A Union Pacific south bound QRVWC manifest has crested the Tehachapi summit and is beginning to race down grade by the cement plant in Monolith in the late summer afternoon sun.