After a work window that lasted till 1:00 PM, the hill is opened and the rush is on. A mixed manifest waits in the hole in Caliente for a northbound stack coming off the hill.

After a work window that lasted till 1:00 PM, the hill is opened and the rush is on. A southbound mixed manifest waits for a northbound double stack and trailers to clear the hill.

Long Mixed Manifests need lots of power to bring them down the steep grades of the west slopes of the Tehachapi mountains.

Double Stacks and TOFC snake their way Southbound up the slopes of the Tehachapi Mountains near Tunnel 2

Double Stacks and TOFC pass through the Caliente Narrows in a landscape that won't last for long as the dry days take over.

Rolling downgrade near milepost 377 on the Mojave Subdivision, UP 8142 and sister power a southbound business special as it nears the town of Mojave in the late afternoon.

Climbing the Tehachapi mountains, a pair of clean "ES44AH" motors have a southbound UP business special well in hand as the train approaches Tunnel 2.

2 fresh looking GE's lead a hot 19 car special over the Tehachapi Mountains as it nears Tunnel 2.

BNSF 7279 leads the UPITKAI up Tehachapi Pass as it nears Tunnel 2.

BNSF 6814 lift's double stacks east, up the 2.2% grade of the western slope of the Tehachapi mountains, on it's way to the summit.

BNSF 6814 waits on the main for BNSF 7905, coming out of the horseshoe curve at Caliente with a mixed manifest, to clear into the siding.

BNSF C44-9W #4035 leads a stack train around the Tehachapi Loop. Trailing is Ferromex SD70ACe #4068 and BNSF Fakebonnet C44-9W #772

UP 8313 thunders upgrade near Bealville, CA on California's famed Tehachapi Pass.

BNSF 7221 leads the Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL "Z" train at Sandcut, shortly after sunset.

The sun sets over Bakersfield as BNSF 7002 approaches Sandcut, CA.