Northbound tonnage works through Cameron as it tackles the East slope of Tehachapi Pass.

Spectacular glint on UP freight with layers of mountains in background: UP 9382/3404/5987 - GE C40-8W, SD40-2, SD60

BNSF 4765 North is battling the grade as well as a strong headwind as its works up the No. 2 track near Cameron.

BNSF 4915 is on the point of a unit coal train as it tackles the grade approaching Cameron with Tehachapi Summit only another eight miles further west. This train comes off the Union Pacific and ... (more)

A westbound stack train attacks the defile on the southeastern slope of the Tehachapis.

A westbound Santa Fe manifest led by a rebuilt SD45-2 struggles up the punishing grade at Cameron while vertical wind turbines generate electricity in the distance.

A trio of UP GEVOs lead a northbound freight as it pulls up to the signal at Cameron waiting for a BNSF train ahead to clear as traffic rolls by on adjacent Highway 58.

The helper on the loaded Oil Cans swings around a corner into view at Cameron as the 10,000-ton train winds its way downhill through the defile.

The Oil Cans descend the grade at Cameron down the defile that connects the pass to the Mojave Desert.

Santa Fe 5101 East, a long pig train headed for the Midwest, drops down through Cameron on the east side of the pass where the mountains appear to rise almost straight up from the right-of-way.

One of the hottest schedules on the entire Southern Pacific, the Pacific Coast Express speeds up the east slope of Tehachapi on No. 1 track behind four new EMD GP60s.