Both an empty UP coal train and local are tied down on the south end of Union Pacific's Lone Pine Subdivision in Mojave.

BNSF train HBARPAS digs in on the stiff grade out of Mojave as it works up the east slope of Tehachapi pass late in the evening with a colorful lashup.

Parked in the siding at Fleta under a star-lit sky, a UP coal train from Utah waits to be interchanged with the Trona Railway at Searles.

A Santa Fe EMD F45 leads two SD45 units on an eastbound container train as it races through Mojave in the morning.

Union Pacific's westbound ZLCLT hustles into Mojave, CA aiming its momentum at the eastern slope of the Tehachapi grade. Waiting for the hotshot Z to clear sits a westbound BNSF grain train, await... (more)

BNSF 3839 leads a southbound down into Mojave just after sunrise.

Not long after the passing of UP's Brooklyn Z train, the southbound MFRWC follows with 3 tier4's in charge.

UP's hot ZBRLC drops out of the Tehachapi Mountains north of Mojave.

Racing for South Mojave….marching across the desert towards Mojave for the assault on the eastern slope of the Tehachapi grade, UP's 'class' ET45AH #2570 brings up the rear of the westbound MWCR... (more)

UP's ZBRLC nears Mojave after a early morning run over the Tehachapi Mountains with 2605 leading.

A trio of EMD SD70Ms pull the grade east out of Mojave on UP's Creal branch with loads of coal bound for the Cal-Portland Cement company. The Creal branch (also known as the Oak Creek Industry lea... (more)

In the glow of late afternoon sunlight a mix of screaming 'horses' and whinning dynamics highlight railroading in the Tehachapi's as a pair of 'Roseville' trains take center stage near MP 377.

An eastbound BNSF manifest freight passes under the now gone signal bridge just west of Mojave, California, at the foot of Tehachapi Pass on March 14, 2005. Brand-new BNSF ES44DC No. 7658 is one... (more)

Late evening just north of Mojave, finds the UP daily ZLTLC drifting into town as it leaves Tehachapi Pass behind.