No one was happy, when a freshly shopped SP 7308 was added to the front end of the 4449 Daylight for its trip over Tehachapi. There were a lot of angry railfan's that day. But looking at the pictu... (more)

Low clouds and low light at Cable as westbound Union Pacific No. 2651 and mates pull a mixed manifest to the Summit of Tehachapi Pass.

Looper. BNSF Railway 4230 (ES44C4) leads a four pack of orange GEVOs and a lengthy double-stack train of containers out of Tehachapi Loop in Tehachapi, California on the afternoon of July 23, 2020... (more)

BNSF ES44AC 5846 leads a high priority Intermodal train headed for Los Angeles over the Tehachapi Pass. Cars from a recent derailment can be seen laying on the inside of the curve. Steep grades co... (more)

Under a quickly rising moon, a south bound BNSF intermodal works up the Tehachapi grade, through Walong, and around the famed Tehachapi Loop, on a warm summer afternoon.

A long intermodal train snakes around the curves as they hold at Marcel for other traffic on a windy morning in Tehachapi Pass.

The rear of a Z8 finishes its trip around the loop at Tehachapi as the train slows to hold for some northbound traffic.

A single GE is the rear DPU on a Stockton to Willow Springs Z train as they round the Tehachapi Loop. The reefer block of the train is seen in the foreground.

Z-STOWSP8 heads out of Walong as the rear of their train enters Tehachapi Loop.

After holding for a low on time Q-CHISTO, an SD70ACe leads the Z-STOWSP8 around Tehachapi Loop.

Q-CHISTO6 wraps around the Tehachapi Loop on a cold and windy morning.

The Q-CHISTO6-04L rounds Tehachapi Loop as the crew attempts to make it to Bakersfield with just a couple hours left to work. The crew, operating as the "IMJKJJ 07" while on UP, actually started t... (more)

A Stockton to Barstow manifest nears the summit at Tehachapi just before sunset as they head south towards the Mojave Desert and Barstow.

An overnight snowfall covers Tehachapi pass summit. With the sun just beginning to rise, a Union Pacific manifest breaks the silence of the new day.

A Perfect Railroad Sunset - An eastbound manifest, led by UP 7180, crawls to a stop just before tackling the world famous, Tehachapi Pass. All rail traffic was halted along the entire pass due to ... (more)