Eastbound Union Pacific 8105 and mates start the pull up the 2.2% grade up the western slope of the Tehachapi Mountains, as the rest of the train rounds the horseshoe curve with the rear power jus... (more)
Its almost 1:00PM and the dispatcher wants everybody off the hill. The equipment is backing southbound on the siding at Bealville and is going to pull of onto the spur track.
Northbound BNSF 5226 rounds the curve leading to Caliente Narrows, as the train rounds the horseshoe curve at Caliente. The rear of the stacks are still coming down off the 2.2% grade of the hill.
After a work window that lasted till 1:00 PM, the hill is opened and the rush is on. A mixed manifest waits in the hole in Caliente for a northbound stack coming off the hill.
After a work window that lasted till 1:00 PM, the hill is opened and the rush is on. A southbound mixed manifest waits for a northbound double stack and trailers to clear the hill.
Long Mixed Manifests need lots of power to bring them down the steep grades of the west slopes of the Tehachapi mountains.
Double Stacks and TOFC snake their way Southbound up the slopes of the Tehachapi Mountains near Tunnel 2
Double Stacks and TOFC pass through the Caliente Narrows in a landscape that won't last for long as the dry days take over.
Rolling downgrade near milepost 377 on the Mojave Subdivision, UP 8142 and sister power a southbound business special as it nears the town of Mojave in the late afternoon.
Climbing the Tehachapi mountains, a pair of clean "ES44AH" motors have a southbound UP business special well in hand as the train approaches Tunnel 2.
2 fresh looking GE's lead a hot 19 car special over the Tehachapi Mountains as it nears Tunnel 2.
BNSF 7279 leads the UPITKAI up Tehachapi Pass as it nears Tunnel 2.
BNSF 6814 lift's double stacks east, up the 2.2% grade of the western slope of the Tehachapi mountains, on it's way to the summit.
BNSF 6814 waits on the main for BNSF 7905, coming out of the horseshoe curve at Caliente with a mixed manifest, to clear into the siding.
BNSF C44-9W #4035 leads a stack train around the Tehachapi Loop. Trailing is Ferromex SD70ACe #4068 and BNSF Fakebonnet C44-9W #772
