After exiting 151-year-old Tunnel 2 (built in 1875, lined in concrete in 1917) BNSF train G-MNXKIN5-11A, consisting of 100 covered hoppers hauling grain, winds through am S-curve as it descends the Union Pacific's Mojave Sub through the Tehachapi Mountains. This train originated in Mina, South Dakota, and is headed to Kings Park, in California's agricultural San Joaquin Valley (headed, possibly, to the Pitman Family Farms elevator complex in east Hanford).
On this train's head-end are BNSF ES44C4 6647 and ES44AC 6185, along with midtrain DPUs ES44C4 6734, Dash 9-44CW 1069 and ES44AC 6016.
(Tunnel 2, Allard, California – February 19, 2026)
