A Southern Pacific freight pauses at Mojave, California at the eastern foot of Tehachapi Pass on February 29, 1988. This winter evening, stormy clouds are still rolling off the Tehachapi Mountains... (more)

As the desert sun sets, a 10,000-ton coal train off the UP at Barstow roars up the stiff grade out of Mojave into the Tehachapi Mountains. The coal train is headed for a cogenerator in the San Joa... (more)

A westbound intermodal train with a Cotton Belt GP60 on the point grinds up the stiff grade out of Mojave with a Santa Fe manifest right on his tail.

A cool night at Mojave, California, on February 28, 1988, finds assorted Southern Pacific locomotives and a caboose resting until called to duty again in the morning. SP SD40-2r No. 7359 seems to ... (more)

Not long after being repainted back into the red & silver, a pair of FP45s leads a Santa Fe 589 train up the steep grade out of Mojave, CA, on Tehachapi's southeastern slope. The smoke here is com... (more)

Running as UP 9G3EGUJ 31, BNSF grain train G EDIGUC9 31 is making good time up the east side of Tehachapi pass with 4 up front, plus 3 swing and 3 rear end DPUs and a train of brand new hoppers.

A pair of Santa Fe engines painted in the ill-fated SPSF merger scheme lead the short lived #998 (Richmond-Los Angeles) Intermodal train downhill into the city of Mojave.

A manifest trains passes under Highway 14 in Mojave, CA

Four BNSF GE's team to assault the grade found on Tehachapi's eastern slope with the "earthworm" in tow. The worm is running 4x3x3 this fine afternoon as the combined 44000 horsepower from the 10 ... (more)

A brace of C44-9Ws roll out of the Tehachapi's on the head of an eastbound intermodal train. The train is passing MP 377 just north of Mojave.

BNSF ES44DC 7332 eases through a slight curve in the Mojave Sub at MP 378 as it drifts down into Mojave on the point of the O RICWIN2 13 (Richmond, CA to Winslow, AZ; Officers special). The 7 car ... (more)

After a tough battle up hill, the 1989 now faces a tough decent down into Mojave. This is the final decent (2.3%) down into the Mojave "sink". UP 1989 has just rolled under the MP 377 signal bridg... (more)

A monster Roseville to West Colton manifest glides down the hill from Tehachapi to Mojave as a SD70ACe and 5 other units keep this over 10,000 ton manifest under control.

The return of the San Joaquin Starlight to the Tehachapi Pass. Northbound Coast Starlight, AMT 14 (02) rounds the curves at Warren (MP 375.5) on UP's Mojave Sub as it climbs the western slope of t... (more)

Accelerating for the climb to Tehachapi