An ES44AC pull a Lathrop, CA to LATC, Los Angeles, CA Z train up to Tunnel 9 on the Tehachapi Loop on as the sun shines down on the pass.

As the sun begins to peak over the hills and through the clouds, BNSF 7422 leads a long, hot piggy back train around the Tehachapi Loop.

Check another one off the bucket list. One the of the nine wonders of railroading is the Tehachapi Loop. This section of railroad track creates quite a spectacle when a long Union Pacific Z train ... (more)

The Loop through a train
As the flats and spine cars of trailers roll by in the foreground, the locomotives of the same long BNSF train climb around Tehachapi Loop in California on Marc... (more)

Two big Conrail locomotives sandwiched between Santa Fe SD45s help lift an eastbound pig train up the approach to the Loop.

A quartet of GEVOs descend Tehachapi Loop with a northbound manifest.

UP 7382 North exhibits the classic over/under pose as it exits Tunnel No. 9 on a spring evening.

Twenty-minute exposure captures east- and westbound trains on the Loop under moonlight. Kodachrome 25 film.

UP 1989 glides down grade toward the loop.

The EMD helper of a heavy SP eastbound exits tunnel 9 just as its head around comes around the top of the Loop.

An eastbound BNSF intermodal train crosses over itself at famous Tehachapi Loop in California on April 1, 2010.

A pair of patched SP AC44000CW's looks right at home rolling through Techachapi.

A birds eye view of a BNSF intermodal rolling towards the City of Tehachapi while a military train waits for it to clear the loop before continuing onto Bakersfield.

An all-EMD helper assists the lead power in lifting a 10,000-ton BKDOU around the Loop. Below the power is tunnel 9.

The helper on an eastbound SP manifest fills the Loop with exhaust as it exits tunnel 9.