The dark concreted enclosure of Tehachapi’s tunnel 3 lies quiet for the majority of the time, until the faint illumination of an approaching train begins to quickly light up the right of way outside the tunnel, while the howl of dynamics and the hiss of the rails begin to wake the life that call the inside of the tunnel home. The second of 4 consecutive north bounds coming off the hill, is seen here beginning to enter the tunnel, south of Bealville, lighting up the concrete insides. This BNSF auto rack train will have a long delay ahead of him in Bakersfield, as the train will not arrive into Fresno, CA until after 1pm the following day.
Railroading is a 24 hour a day business, that never sleep. From sunset to sunrise the railroad must run. These image are taken by some of the best rail photographer out their.
