With the late afternoon sun blazing at the south end of the San Joaquin Valley, a Santa Fe eastbound attacks Tehachapi's western slope with the sun's rays glinting off its sides.

High speed Kodachrome! SP 7561 heads to Bakersfield after passing Edison.

leaving the Tehachapi's behind, a Northbound intermodal is making fast work on the high speed track near Edison as it races towards Bakersfield.

This lead unit is only 3 years old at the time of the photo, seen here leading a westbound Santa Fe hotshot

eastbound Santa Fe train led by solid set of DL600's

westbound on UP Mojave Sub Sand Cut CA

Eastbound starting up the pass along Bena Rd. on a hazy afternoon.

Westbound just coming off Tehachapi Pass into Bakersfield. Taken from Bena Rd. where it begins to swing away from the tracks.

BNSF 7418 is just minutes away from Bakersfield California and there is just a hint of sunset left in the sky as nightfall arrives. 1/16th of a sec @ 48MPH.

I rarely have the opportunity to shoot in evening light this low on the horizon. The ethereal glow that the horizontal rays of sun created on UP 5401 was gone by the time the end of the train pas... (more)

A southbound UP Manifest is seen at Sandcut in early morning sunlight

A BNSF Z train has the highball at Sandcut Cross Over as it begins its assault of the Tehachapi Mountains.

A pair of red and silver FP45s lead a westbound Santa Fe intermodal train past SP helpers stationed at Edison.

Pacing a fast-moving Santa Fe westbound at Edison as it rolls off the mountain.

Just left Bakersfield yard, preparing to assault the Tehachapi Mountains.