A new Tier 4 heavy General Electric locomotive leads a long high tonnage lumber laden manifest up the 2.1% grade at Tunnel Two. This short tunnel is near Caliente, CA on the twisting climb to Teha... (more)
Grinding up the steep western grade in the Tehachapi Mountains, an eastbound BNSF steel coil train exits Tunnel 1 between Caliente and Bealville, California, on February 27, 2016.
A southbound Union Pacific manifest freight curves out of Tunnel 1 above Caliente, California, while climbing Tehachapi Pass after winter rains have greened up the mountains nicely on February 27,... (more)
The conductor and engineer on the SP 9172 watch as we roll by on the Amtrak - Pacific Railroad Society Mountain Outin Special up Tehachapi Pass. With the re-alignment of the siding, this view of ... (more)