Titans of the present are passing under the Southern Pacific relic on the south slope of the Tehachapi grade, approaching Mojave.

This BNSF unit train of coil steel is approaching the north switch for Marcel Siding on a clear April morning.

The ZBRLC has just crested the Tehachapi grade and will now descend all the way into Mojave.

The ZBRLC, arguably UP's hottest train on the Mojave Sub, is making track speed as it winds around the horseshoe curve near the north end of Marcel Siding.

Tehachapi Loop over under classic with a less than classic train.

BNSF 5299 is leading this manifest under dynamic breaking as it descends Tehachapi Pass between Marcel and Tunnel 10.

This one speaks for itself.

During my trip to Tehachapi this spring UP was running a number of heavy southbound manifests with mid train DPUs, as seen here between Tunnel 10 and Marcel.

A BNSF Z train has the highball at Sandcut Cross Over as it begins its assault of the Tehachapi Mountains.

BNSF 4391 approaches Tunnel 2 with a Z-train of UPS trailers out of Northern California.

JPBX 907 eases its southbound train down Track 2 past the site of a freight derailment off the industrial lead to Track 1 at Quinn St. MOW personnel mull over the cleanup while waiting for the tr... (more)

The sounds of UP trains easing down jointed rail on the Warm Springs Sub will soon end. A grade separation project is underway in conjunction with the BART extension south of Fremont, making this... (more)

Following close on the tail of the number 5 ACE train, a UP manifest is climbing the rise to the short bridge over the Guadalupe River in San Jose's Alviso neighborhood.

Amtrak train 523 races across the salt marshes of the Alviso neighborhood of San Jose.

The #5 ACE train is running around 15 minutes late on it's trip from Stockton to San Jose, undoubtedly resulting in some unhappy commuters.