Amtrak #11 waits at Caliente for Amtrak #14. Both trains were rerouted from the UP Coast Line due to a bridge replacement, allowing the first scheduled, revenue passenger meet on the line since... (more)
The Caliente foothills have a golden glow in the evening light, as four GEs round the curve toward Tunnel #1, with the Q-STOALT in tow.
I followed UP 5401's train down the mountain from Marcel to Edison, and I had the good fortune of capturing it at the north switch for Allard Siding in fantastic evening light.
A C44-9W leads three other GEs with the M-MODSEL in tow, as it begins the long climb out of Caliente towards the summit. The rear end DPUs can be seen still passing through Caliente proper, on th... (more)
A westbound Santa Fe train is seen on the horse shoe curve approaching Caliente siding
This is why I love Tehachapi so much.
Two Dash 9s and a dirty SD40-2.
C44-9W #4094 leads two other Dash 9s on a northbound z-train between Tunnel #1 and #2.
A new CSX Gevo leads a Northbound BNSF JB Hunt stack train down Tehachapi Pass at Caliente.
UP 5367 South is on a yellow block as climbs out of Caliente Creek Canyon on the #2 track, and into the town of Caliente.
A BNSF face lift gone bad seen climbing out of Caliente.
Three C44-9Ws and a CSX C40-8 lead the H-EVEBAR as it emerges from Tunnel 1, shortly after beginning its climb out of Caliente.
BNSF ES44DC 7523 and three C44-9Ws are pulling a manifest freight up the grade at Caliente while two more C44-9Ws shove on the end. This train will soon be climbing the line above Caliente that i... (more)
