Two days after a storm dropped several inches of snow in the Tehachapi Mountains, a Roseville to West Colton manifest lumbers up the 2.2% grade as it passes by the CTC crossover at Cable.
With snow still lingering at the upper elevations of the Mojave Subdivision, UP 7801 South works up the #1 track as it approaches Cable X-Over, just two miles north of Tehachapi.
The last rays of light fall on the Tehachapi Valley as ES44DC #7639 hustles the Q-CHISTO north, as it approaches the summit of Union Pacific's Mojave Sub.
A local that originates in Mojave, CA is being led by two SD70ACes, as it hauls several gondolas to Bealville to be used for MOW clean-up operations. The gons will be loaded with old rail that wa... (more)