Like a vampire in the presence of the morning sun, fog begins to lift and melt away, allowing precious rays of morning light to slip passed the thick shroud still covering the Tehachapi's. With a ... (more)

BNSF's Barstow, CA classification yard continues to serve as the railroad's principle freight classification point in southern California, a title the busy location has held since it was completed... (more)

Heavily laden with lumber from the Pacific Northwest, Union Pacific's eastbound QRVWC begins its climb through the Tehachapi foothills at Ilmon, leaving the southern San Joaquin Valley behind. Aft... (more)

Absent the last few seasons on the mountain, Tehachapi's Spring wildflowers make their colorful return, brought up by winter rainfall. Slipping down the western slope of the Tehachapi's a westboun... (more)

Pulling through the serpentine curves as the Mojave Subdivision leaves Cable an eastbound BNSF empty grain train is led by CitiRail ES44AC 1307, one in a group of one-hundred units leased to the B... (more)

A quiet afternoon in the Searles Valley is momentarily disrupted by the whine of dynamic brakes and the unmistakable rhythm of steel wheels on jointed rail, marking the return of Trona Railway's d... (more)

18 years after Union Pacific's acquisition of the Southern Pacific who would have ever guessed that scarlet & grey SD40s could still be found earning a living in Southern California? Tucked away i... (more)

Six graduates of Electro-motive's La Grande, IL erecting hall, class of the SD40 series, bring the westbound empty Trona 'coal buckets' out of the Searles Valley and towards an interchange with th... (more)

Slipping out of the Tehachapi Valley a lumber heavy QRVWC is held back by a trio of 'mountain motors' led by new tier IV ET45AH 2607. While the QRVWCs head end prepares to enter the Cache Creek na... (more)

Amidst the ever expanding urban landscape of Southern California the seemingly timeless sound of a hard working eastbound freight pierces the afternoon air in Redlands, CA on the western slope of ... (more)

Leaving the urban backdrop of southern California behind, UP's hotshot ZLAMQ slithers up the western slope of Beaumont Hill, commonly referred to as San Timoteo Canyon. In the distance one of many... (more)

The thunderous roar emitted from a labored eastbound manifest reverberates through the Sierra Nevada as Union Pacific's Roseville, CA to North Platte, NE manifest contends with the western slope o... (more)

Located along the #2 track, carved into existence during the 'Harriman era' of upgrades to the old Central Pacific, tunnel 27 has the interesting distinction of having 3 portals with two at its ea... (more)

Having finished serving customers in the Santa Clarita Valley, Union Pacific's Saugus Local hurries through San Fernando on their way back to Gemco yard. Originally Southern Pacific's 'Saugus line... (more)

Arriving in 1874 the rails of the Southern Pacific Railroad reached Caliente, CA on their push south to link northern and southern California. The crossing of the daunting Tehachapi range was once... (more)