BNSF's loaded coal train to Wasco, North of Bakersfield screams up the east slope of Tehachapi Pass as it passes through Monolith.

A Southbound manifest passes through the Tehachapi Valley just east of Monolith in the early morning.

A fresh dusting of snow, and some low hanging clouds greet Union Pacific's ZBRLC, as it races across the Tehachapi Valley near Monolith.

A blanket of snow covers the hills around the Tehachapi Valley as a Northbound BNSF stack train races through Monolith.

Late evening finds a Northbound UP ballast train lead by a SD60 repaint and 3 older EMD's as they race through Monolith on the east side of Tehachapi Pass.

After tripping the High & Wide detector at MP 363.8, UP 8580 idles away as lights from a BNSF Rapid Response Vehicle help illuminate this 10 second exposure.

My recent trip to the wind farm at Palm Springs reminded of this photo I took several months earlier at another popular junction of windmills and trains.

A stockton bound stack train has almost completed its climb up to the summit at Tehachapi, as it hustles across the valley approaching Monolith. The rear end of the high priority Z-NBYWSP can sti... (more)

A BNSF stack train races across the floor of the Tehachapi Valley, as it begins the downhill journey toward Mojave.

With less than an hour of sunlight remaining, the Union Pacific Long Beach to Oakland container train is at track speed near Monolith with Tehachapi summit just a couple of miles ahead.

The Brooklyn races across the Tehachapi Valley near Monolith.

Harsco Track Technologies rail grinder works northbound on the #2 track near Monolith, as storm clouds begin to accumulate over the Tehachapi Mountains.

A Roseville bound manifest blasts by the SP style target signal at MP 366.6 just south of Monolith, on Union Pacific's Mojave Sub.

With thunderstorms beginning to build over the Mojave Desert in the distance, a BNSF unit grain train nears Monolith, as it has only has a few more miles to go before reaching the summit at Tehach... (more)