Both ends of this BNSF intermodal are seen as it meets a grain train in Caliente, CA during golden hour.

Five tunnel motors pull a long piggyback train approaching Tunnel 1 at Caliente, California.

Five tunnel motors are on the point of an oil train as it starts the grueling climb to Tehachapi at Caliente, California. 48 cars back are mid-train helpers, with another 24 cars and a caboose beh... (more)

The blackened cliff sides, from a big summer grass fire around the eastern end of the Caliente Canyon, are contrasted nicely by the changing colors of the fall season, along the Caliente Creek bed... (more)

Hot in Caliente. BNSF Railway 5634 (AC44CW) leads a manifest train through Caliente, California on the scorching morning of Thursday, July 23, 2020. After traveling through a series of loops and... (more)

On a wet, muggy spring morning, a south bound BNSF manifest rounds the horseshoe curve in Caliente, CA on the climb for the summit in Tehachapi, CA.

Climbing at Caliente. BNSF Railway 3845 (ET44C4) leads a lengthy unit train on the approach to Tunnel #2 in Caliente, California on the evening of Wednesday, July 22, 2020. While Tehachapi Loop at... (more)

An AC6000 rebuild assists on the rear of ZLCLT as they head downgrade towards the Central Valley.

ZLCLT has just met a group of southbound BNSF trains as they continue downgrade out of Tunnel 2.

Richmond to Clovis, NM autos approach Tunnel 2.

H-BAKBAR1 snakes around the S curve approaching Tunnel 2 with 6 GEs for power.

Z-NBYWSP7 approaches Tunnel 2 as they wind their way up Tehachapi Pass.

Q-CLORIC1 snakes downgrade out of North Bealville and towards Tunnel 2 with a mix of stacks and racks bound for Richmond.