Near the rear of a huge eastbound SP manifest, a big 85-foot high cube boxcar exits tunnel 9. The train's helper can be seen on the upper level of the Loop. SP was known for running huge drag frei... (more)

A hot Santa Fe 991 train roars around the Tehachapi Loop and heads for tunnel 10. During the early 1990s, this train regularly sported four red & silver Dash 8s for power. The main shipper on this... (more)

A BNSF westbound train led by Dash-9 No. 766 blasts out of Tunnel 9 at Walong, California, on March 28, 2001, as the train’s DPUs pass overhead. The action takes place on the famous Tehachapi Lo... (more)

A pair of clean GE ES44C4's lead a high priority piggyback train through the Tehachapi loop, near Walong along the UP Mojave Subdivision. The pass is in spring bloom with rolling green pastures co... (more)

Slightly different angle of "the Loop"

Just caught the tail end of this manifest train as it rounds a curve headed toward Tehachapi. Not my first time catching this unit. I caught BNSF 5235 in 2010 while on another bike trip near more)

Richard Beal photo: New warbonnet leading a train around the loop, you can see the helpers in the background, this is an angle not often seen.

BNSF 1079 passes the South end of Walong siding at the Tehachapi Loop.

Cotton Belt Tunnel Motor #9295 rounds Tehachapi Loop.

A southbound BNSF Z train works around the famous Tehachapi Loop on a beautiful January morning. more)

Climbing Tehachapi Pass through the famous 'Tehachapi Loop', this UP Z train has nearly completed its climb over the pass, nearing the summit in the town of Tehachapi, less than 10 miles from here... (more)

Southbound BNSF tonnage nears tunnel 9 at Walong and will soon be rounding the Tehachapi Loop.

UP 5380 is amidst a run of southbounds traversing Tehachapi Pass on a Saturday morning as it roars through the loop.

BNSF 7492 winding up the famous Tehachapi Loop