The serpentine curves which William Hood utilized in order to take the Southern Pacific Railroad out of the Caliente Valley and up the Tehachapi range, ultimately to link northern and southern Cal... (more)
Leaving the floor of the Caliente Valley at the conflux of the Caliente and Tehachapi Creeks, William Hood directed the rails of the Southern Pacific Railroad up the once thought insurmountable Te... (more)
With the rolling Tehachapi Hills dressed down with Spring wildflowers a 3 car Union Pacific inspection special departs Bealville behind new ET45AH 2617. The special included: Union Pacific's Mobil... (more)
Like a vampire in the presence of the morning sun, fog begins to lift and melt away, allowing precious rays of morning light to slip passed the thick shroud still covering the Tehachapi's. With a ... (more)
Heavily laden with lumber from the Pacific Northwest, Union Pacific's eastbound QRVWC begins its climb through the Tehachapi foothills at Ilmon, leaving the southern San Joaquin Valley behind. Aft... (more)