A set of five BNSF locos with a westbound manifest has just crossed Blue Mountain Drive and has made the turn in Coal Creek Canyon to head up the 20‰ grade to Tunnel No 1.

The motion blur of a BNSF manifest at the Cable curves in the moon light.

The sound of the Tehachapi Creek echoing through the deep, shadowy gorge below Cliff, creates a similar feeling of when standing by the Merced River in Yosemite Natural Park, while a north bound B... (more)

On a perfect spring afternoon in the lower Tehachapi foothills, a north bound BNSF auto rack train navigates down the west curves of the Caliente Canyon, along side the winding creek. The train is... (more)

The shadows of an early morning at Keene, CA continue to shrink as the sun slowly starts to illuminate the emerald landscape and a short BNSF manifest rounding the horseshoe curve in the glamour o... (more)

On a warm, late summer’s morning, just minutes after the sun had peaked the eastern Tehachapi Mountains, a north bound BNSF manifest quickly glides down through the golden hills of Woodford, gli... (more)

Climbing the color changing Tehachapi foothills and through the Allard area, where the train’s head end is exiting the Allard horseshoe above, while it’s rear portion still twists through the ... (more)

A BNSF auto rack train begins to snake its way up through the emerald coated Caliente canyon, splitting the tunnel 1/2 site, on a stormy winter afternoon that would produce traces of snow, falling... (more)

A long string of BNSF auto racks climb their way up and out of the San Joaquin valley and into the Tehachapi Mountains on a stormy afternoon at the south end of Ilmon. Bringing along with it is th... (more)

On a frosty, winter morning at the Tehachapi Loop, a BNSF manifest has it’s turn at the railroad landmark, climbing the grade toward the town of Tehachapi. A winter storm had quickly broke apart... (more)

The Caliente Creek flows more like a river on this spring afternoon in February 2017 as a BNSF grain train rumbles south up beside the creek and is entering the north end of the Caliente Canyon. T... (more)

Perched high above tunnel 5 in the lower Tehachapi mountains on a dry spring morning, the view is of a north bound BNSF intermodal, dropping down grade around the curve at the north end of Cliff s... (more)

It's a moonlit scene between tunnels 1 and 2, as a northbound BNSF auto rack train curves it's way down the Tehachapi foothills around midnight on a perfect spring night.

The sun shines through dense fog and down onto a BNSF intermodal charging up Tehachapi's western slope between tunnels 1 and 2.

A trio of GE's pose underneath a beautiful sky as it begins the steep ascent up to Yampai summit.