Cloud shrouded Tehachapi Pass lies ahead of UP 7634.

The iconic cross buck guards a private crossing outside of Bakersfield.

UP 7386 rolls through the sag at Monolith. The train will crest Tehachapi Pass and begin it's slow descent to Bakersfield.

BNSF 6744 dodges shadows as the train rolls through Bena.

BNSF 6744 drops down through Bealville while meeting a Union Pacific manifest.

BNSF 5104 charges up Tehachapi Pass as remnants of the previous night's storm hang over the pass.

BNSF and KCS power lead this Southbound intermodal up the Tehachapi grade between tunnels 1 and 2 in March of 2005.

UP 7448 climbs upgrade through Tunnel 1.

BNSF 6796 dodges shadows on the climb out of Caliente. Code line and Searchlight signals, a staple of Tehachapi since the days of steam, will soon succumb to technology and be scribed into the pa... (more)

UP 8403 thunders out of Tunnel 2.

The trio of EMD's work hard up the 2.36% grade found between Cable and the city of Tehachapi, the train is also passing the Cable X-overs. Only a few miles remain before the train crests the Summi... (more)

Amtrak 132 charges up the final grade to Sandcut, after meeting an eastbound BNSF stack train which held at Bena (end of single track).

After a brief delay at Sandcut, MP 325 on the Mojave Sub, the "San Joaquin" Starlight is back on the move.

San Joaquin Starlight across the creek. Northbound Coast Starlight, AMT 14 glides across the Tehachapi creek at Rowen MP 347 on the Mojave Sub. #14 is detouring due to track work on the southern e... (more)

After a brief pause to allow southbound traffic to clear, detouring northbound Amtrak train #14 is underway again passing beneath the cantilever signal bridge at Sandcut. With the upcoming PTC ins... (more)