BNSF 5041 climbs through Rowen on spring morning.

BNSF 4353 glides up Tehachapi Pass, closely following two other trains. The train is handling extra power to offset what Chicago sent west days before.

The thunder of four GE's echos off the canyon walls as BNSF 5041 struggles upgrade at Cable.

BNSF 6924 crosses the Tehachapi Creek on the approach to the Tehachapi Loop.

BNSF 5271 leads a manifest train through Bena under a late afternoon sun.

Storm clouds compress against the Tehachapi Mountains while a unit steel coil train makes an afternoon run up the pass.

BNSF 6628 leads a high priority "Z" train out of Bena on a warm, spring afternoon.

UP 5458 approaches the Tehachapi Loop on a cold, winter afternoon.

BNSF 4483 begins it's slow descent down Tehachapi Pass. Nine locomotives spread throughout the train hold back nearly 15,000 tons of grain bound for Swanson, CA.

Evidence of the previous night's storm covers the landscape as BNSF 4046 drops downgrade out of Marcel.

Sunlight leaks through a cloudy sky and silhouettes the DPU of a Southbound "Z" train.

Cloud shrouded Tehachapi Pass lies ahead of UP 7634.

The iconic cross buck guards a private crossing outside of Bakersfield.

UP 7386 rolls through the sag at Monolith. The train will crest Tehachapi Pass and begin it's slow descent to Bakersfield.

BNSF 6744 dodges shadows as the train rolls through Bena.