Just after sunset a westbound auto train and the slide fences glint in the deep cut at West Doublea on the BNSF Seligman Sub.

Sitting nearly at the base of the Tehachapi grade, Caliente in its heyday was a busy spot on the railroad, today what's left is only a few houses and a general post office. The once 4 tracks that ... (more)

A south bound BNSF manifest climbs its way up and out of tunnel 2 and through the curves of the north end of Bealville siding in the early afternoon hours of a spring day.

The golden Tehachapi hills succumb to the epic rumble of a south bound auto rack train snaking its way through the curves in the Allard area.

An earth worm, disguised as a BNSF train, drifts by a stopped baretable train and down through the curves west of Bealville, entering the Allard horseshoe.

A BNSF manifest quickly rolls north and through the cut west of Bealville, while an auto rack train holds in the siding for the manifest to clear. A storm hovers over the mountain that would dump ... (more)

As the thick morning fog continues to linger longer into the day above the San Joaquin Valley, countless south bounds would appear from the hazy depths below on their climb for the high desert and... (more)

A south bound BNSF intermodal wraps around the horseshoe curve west of Bealville in the early afternoon light of a perfect February 2017 day.

It's all business for this BNSF stack train working south, as 3 GE locomotives, facing elephant style, charge quickly up grade through Bealville under a drama filled sky. It's mid December and the... (more)

A north bound BNSF intermodal twists it’s way through the emerald hillsides around the Caliente area on a beautiful spring day. It’s unbelievable to see the UP right of way from up here, twist... (more)

Cable’s twisting curves are lit by a southbound BNSF grain train’s headlights as it climbs the grueling Tehachapi grade, only a few miles from the mountain’s summit in eastern Tehachapi, CA.... (more)

As the sun rises over the mountain tops, a Morning eastbound Mixed Manifest crosses the Two Medicine River Bridge.

A north bound BNSF manifest is seen here slowly rolling underway again around the Tehachapi loop, after holding at the north end of the siding, in a moon lit scene at about midnight. The light fro... (more)

A BNSF intermodal descends the lower Tehachapi foothills in perfect spring conditions.

A BNSF intermodal twists and descends the Tehachapi Loop, in early afternoon light, on a hot triple digit degree day in the Tehachapi's.