Union Pacific train ILBOA 08 (Long Beach, CA to Oakland, CA), led by ES44AC 7712, splits the signals as it heads north through Caliente, California, in the Tehachapi Mountains, on November 8, 2008... (more)

A BNSF train heads north (railroad west) out of San Diego with a load of Hondas. Seen here ascending Rose Canyon, today's train has a colorful consist, which includes a CSX SD70M.

Passengers on Amtrak train 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, have just ridden around the Tehachapi Loop, and the train is seen here crossing the bridge at the east end of Woodford, on Cal... (more)

Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, meets northbound Union Pacific 7712 at Woodford, on California's Tehachapi Pass. The Starlight is detouring due to bridge work on it... (more)

Hauling 24 privately owned (and very colorful) passenger cars, Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 rounds the curve at the wye in Orange, California, on its way to San Diego. The train is part of the AARPCO Conv... (more)

Santa Fe Dash 8-40BWs 507 and 515, along with Dash 8-40B 7424, pass under Interstate 15 as they bring a westbound down Cajon Pass in southern California on March 23, 1991.

A Santa Fe eastbound hustles downgrade behind a Dash 8-40BW, an SF30C, a Dash 8-40B and an FP45 on March 24, 1991.

Santa Fe Dash 8-40BWs 507 and 515, along with Dash 8-40B 7424, lead a westbound as it crests the summit of Cajon Pass at (where else?) Summit, California, on March 23, 1991.

Santa Fe Dash 8-40BWs 507 and 515, along with Dash 8-40B 7424, lead a westbound as it approaches the Summit of Cajon Pass, in southern California, on March 23, 1991.

A pair of GEs pull a train of Auto-Max cars through Rose Canyon on its way from Barstow to San Diego on a bright November 18, 2002.

BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5392 leads an interesting lash-up as it climbs southern California's Cajon Pass. Behind the big GE is SD40-2 6808, SD40-2B 7501 (one of 3 on the railroad) and GP60B 326.

A double-stack train works downgrade through Blue Cut behind Dash 9-44CW 5311, SD40-2 6894, SD40-2 6723 and Dash 8-40BW 570 (all ex-ATSF, except for the 5311). In 2007 the bulldozers arrived to c... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Dash 9-44CW 4433's paint is among those that faded faster than normal, necessitating a new paint job under warranty by builder General Electric. It is seen here in it... (more)

Just east of Blue Cut, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Dash 8-40CW 832, whose old Santa Fe Warbonnet colors have seen better days, leads a quartet of GEs on a hot UPS train down Cajon Pass toward Los... (more)

A Union Pacific train grinds upgrade on the Mojave Sub (the old SP Palmdale Cutoff) over Cajon Pass on November 22, 2002.