With SD70ACe 8421 on the point, Union Pacific's West Colton, CA to Roseville, CA manifest drifts down grade passing MP 336.2. Soon the train will snake its way into Caliente, it will then pass thr... (more)

The recent rainfall over the past few weeks have brought out a little more green in the Tehachapi hills as UP 7877 rolls down grade on the point of the ILBOA-07. The train is in between tunnels 2 ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF manifest works its way out of tunnel 9 and around the Tehachapi Loop. This is a 24mm view of the famed Loop under a full moon.

BNSF 5271 leads a manifest train through Bena under a late afternoon sun.

Meet me at Warren. A trio of UP "California" GEVOs drag up the Mojave Sub on the point of the MWCFR-21. The rear DPU on the ZLTLA can be seen rounding the curve on main 1.

A 2009 production ES44C4, BNSF 6605 leads an eastbound intermodal train out of Caliente. The power is nearing MP 336 while the stacks wrap around the Caliente horse-shoe. The horse-shoe takes tra... (more)

BNSF ES44DC 7411 leads three other GE counterparts and a eastbound stack train up the western slope of the Tehachapi Pass. 7411 is roughly passing MP 337.5 which is in between tunnels 1 & 2.

SP 9208 leads a 5 unit consist on the Westbound empty "oil cans" as seen from the top of Tunnel #1 between Bealville and Caliente.

A trio GE's work the QRVWC out of Caliente and passed the intermediate serachlights located at MP 336.3. Behind the big C45ACCTE (5428) is Dash 8 41 CW 9544 & Dash 9 44CW 9591 (ex SP 8127). The le... (more)

Storm clouds compress against the Tehachapi Mountains while a unit steel coil train makes an afternoon run up the pass.

BNSF 6628 leads a high priority "Z" train out of Bena on a warm, spring afternoon.

UP 5458 approaches the Tehachapi Loop on a cold, winter afternoon.

BNSF 4483 begins it's slow descent down Tehachapi Pass. Nine locomotives spread throughout the train hold back nearly 15,000 tons of grain bound for Swanson, CA.

Evidence of the previous night's storm covers the landscape as BNSF 4046 drops downgrade out of Marcel.

Sunlight leaks through a cloudy sky and silhouettes the DPU of a Southbound "Z" train.