A long stack train passes the cement facility at Monolith as it heads towards the Mojave Desert.
The “Blitz local” switches 3 cars of coal for the huge Monolith cement plant near Tehachapi, California, on March 8, 2001. Even though it is a Union Pacific local, the three Southern Pacific S... (more)
New BNSF Tier4 power leads this Barstow to Bakersfield freight at Monolith in the late afternoon.
Late afternoon finds a fast moving UP northbound intermodal knocking off the last miles till it reaches Tehachapi Summit.
After surmounting Tehachapi Summit a visitor from Canada, British Columbia’s Royal Hudson 2860, is drifting near Monolith, Calif. en route to an appointment in the Los Angeles basin, escorted by... (more)
With the Monolith cement plant in the background, BNSF 7364 hustles this Barstow bound freight south.
Richmond to Birmingham Al, rack train races across the Tehachapi Valley near Monolith.
UP 7515 leads the Fresno to West Colton mixed manifest across the Tehachapi Valley at Monolith.
BNSF 7314 leads a Barstow bound freight as it races across the Tehachapi Valley.
Tehachapi's trade mark windmills provide a nice backdrop as a heavy NB grain train nears Tehachapi and will soon be in full dynamics for the decent to Bakersfield.
7 units lead this Fresno to WC manifest on the outskirts of Tehachapi at Monolith.
The Barstow to Bakersfield BNSF manifest races through Monolith, at tracks speed, before heading down Tehachapi Pass.
The Brooklyn Z roars around the curve south of Monolith with an older SD70M leading.
A westbound Santa Fe train was climbing toward Tehachapi through Cameron station between Mojave and Tehachapi
The early morning sun reunites with the Tehachapi Valley a few miles below the Summit on a cold January morning as Union Pacific SD9043MAC 8192 charges through Monolith with a West Colton-Rosevill... (more)
