A lone Union Pacific DPU pushes on the rear of a south bound auto rack train up through the cut below Bealville, CA, as the gnarl trees scattered throughout the Tehachapi foothills make for intere... (more)

The glinting mid train helpers of a Union Pacific QRVWC manifest have switched from helping push to dynamic braking to help keep their train from running out of control as the south bound crested ... (more)

2 BNSF DPUs bring up the rear of a north bound manifest as it slowly drifts by a holding BNSF south bound, down and out of Caliente and into the canyons just west of town.

A south bound UP manifest climbs the steep grade out of the Allard horseshoe area and in to Bealville, as a north bound BNSF intermodal, that had just met the manifest at the west end of Bealville... (more)

A south bound UP manifest is seen slowly climbing its way up and out of the Caliente area in the early, spring morning light.

Moments after the summer morning sun peaked the eastern Tehachapi hills, a south bound UP manifest is seen slowly climbing it’s way up and through the Caliente area.

A BNSF manifest races through Monolith in the late afternoon summer sun as a dust storm continues to blow through the area.

On a wet, misty winter morning, in the highly saturated lower Tehachapi foothills, a north bound BNSF intermodal drifts down the steep grade between tunnels 1 and 2, as the rear portion of the tra... (more)

2 older Union Pacific GE locomotives bring a short string of cement hoppers up the Tehachapi grade and around the horseshoe curve in Keene, CA on a cool, late afternoon.

A BNSF stack train climbs south through the curves just west of Bealville in the mid morning light of a warm summer day.

Rail action is at it’s best in Caliente, CA on a cool spring morning, as a south bound UP manifest begins it’s climb out of town and around the horseshoe curve, while another south bound BNSF ... (more)

A shorter north bound UP intermodal drifts around Clear Creek Canyon and is moments from it’s head end going into tunnel 3 while it’s rear end simultaneously goes into tunnel 5 above.

A BNSF manifest climbs up the curves of Allard in the late afternoon sun of a perfect spring day.

A north bound Union Pacific manifest drifts down the Tehachapi grade in the late afternoon summer light. The lead units are rounding the hill in the middle of the Tehachapi loop below as the train... (more)

The DPUs of a long north bound BNSF manifest are seen winding their way down the Tehachapi grade and in to the horseshoe curve in Keene, CA on a warm, late summer morning. The orange of the lead u... (more)