Sporting a newer ES44 on the point, a southbound BNSF general merchandise freight works through an s-curve as it approaches the south switch at Rowen in the Tehachapi mountains. A run-through NS S... (more)

At dusk BNSF's impressive Earthworm train passes through Sandcut northbound with its usual mid- and rear-train DPU's, and will shortly be arriving Bakersfield for a crew change.

Interesting cloud formations tower above the Tehachapi mountains as Union Pacific's northbound Los Angeles to Oakland intermodal negotiates the loop at Walong with a fresh ES44 in the lead.

A warm spring afternoon in the Tehachapi mountains finds a southbound BNSF general merchandise freight working uphill between Tunnel 10 and Marcel.

FP45 98 leading West (North) at Bealeville in the Tehachapis. Always a treat to get one of these leading!

A light rain falls as detouring northbound Amtrak train #14 starts its way through the loop at Walong in the Tehachapi mountains.

One of BNSF's newer GEVO engines leads a short and fast intermodal train at Monolith, with Tehachapi summit being just a couple miles ahead.

Working through a cold winter haze, UP 5390 leads a Roseville to West Colton general merchandise freight as it tops the summit just east of downtown Tehachapi.

Looking east across the Mojave desert from Warren, a northbound BNSF intermodal is stretched out on the grade climbing Tehachapi Pass. The signal bridge at mp 377 can barely be seen in front of th... (more)

Bursting out into the sunlight, detouring southbound Amtrak train #11 passes beneath the SP signal bridge at mp377 and will soon be rolling through Mojave and then to Los Angeles via Soledad Canyo... (more)

Under stormy skies, detouring northbound Amtrak train #14 winds through the old west end of Bealville siding as it approaches Tunnel 2 in the Tehachapi mountains.

Northbound Amtrak train #14 makes good time on its central valley detour as it passes through Warren, situated roughly halfway between Mojave and Cameron at the eastern foot of the Tehachapi mount... (more)

UP 1996 leads the southbound Brooklyn trailers toward Los Angeles as it starts through the Caliente horseshoe and the hard uphill climb to Tehachapi summit.

Union Pacific's hottest train on the I-5 corridor negotiates the Tehachapi Loop with today's power consist sporting the Southern Pacific heritage locomotive.

In the heart of Tehachapi Pass, detoured northbound train #14 winds through the curvature in Clear Creek Ravine between Cliff and Bealville.