C44-9W #4094 leads two other Dash 9s on a northbound z-train between Tunnel #1 and #2.
On an exceptionally clear day in the Tehachapi Mountains, this Union Pacific manifest wraps itself around the loop at Walong. As the lead units near the south switch, the DPUs can be seen emergin... (more)
Four C44-9Ws lead the S-LHACLO2-27A as it works up the #2 track past the Chemical Lime Co. plant at Nelson, AZ.
As the setting sun lights up the evening sky, BNSF's M-BARRIC holds on the #2 track as a Union Pacific manifest gets underway after a crew change in Bakersfield.
Two C44-9Ws assist with dynamic braking on a unit grain train, as it rolls downgrade out of Tunnel 2.
Three C44-9Ws are cut in as a mid-train distributed power set on a unit grain train, as it snakes its way down through the north end of Bealville.
With the town of Tehachapi in the distance, nine units total are in control of a loaded unit grain train, as it begins its descent toward Bakersfield, shortly after having crested the summit sever... (more)
After having crested the summit, Amtrak's detoured Coast Starlight #14 drifts downgrade through Marcel, nine miles railroad north of Tehachapi.
With the M-BARSTO1-21A waiting in the siding, Coast Starlight #11 rolls by on the main at the north end of Woodford.
C44-9W #9821 leads the ZBRLC out of Tunnel #10, and past the north switch at Marcel, as it tackles the 2.2% grade.
Amtrak's detoured Coast Starlight #11, works up the #1 track through Cable X-Over, as it continues its ascent toward Tehachapi Summit.
A red and silver warbonnet is in control of the M-BARSTO as it climbs the short grade at Sandcut.
A KCS AC4400CW leads the X-BARQUA1-27C, an empty BNSF grain train out of the tunnel at Nelson, AZ. This double track tunnel was the only one of its kind on the entire Santa Fe system.
Two C44-9Ws lead the S-LPCLBL1-24A westbound, with two additional DPUs assisting on the rear, as it rounds the high speed curve at East Eagle Nest.
With two DPUs shoving on the rear, C44-9W #4632 and two other Dash-9s, lead the U-PITKAI between Marcel and Cable.