Between Mojave and Tehachapi, detoured northbound train #14 works upgrade through Cameron and along Highway 58.
Detoured Amtrak train #11 approaches the north portal of Tunnel 2 and Allard siding in the Tehachapi mountains after having met northbound train #14 just minutes before at Caliente.
Five Southern Pacific tunnel motors lead a train around the loop at Walong.
Following a passenger stop in downtown Tehachapi, the Wimmer special has returned to high speed running as the train approaches SR 58 at Sand Canyon.
Nearing the top of the grade, the Wimmer special approaches Highway 202 and downtown Tehachapi where a brief station stop will be made to disembark several passengers.
The Wimmer special continues the uphill climb at the Tehachapi Loop with ex-SP office car Sunset coupled behind the UP 6936.
Sun tries to break through the cloud cover at Woodford as the Wimmer special works its way south on the UP's Mojave Sub.
Climbing higher into the Tehachapi mountains, UP 6936 heads into Tunnel 3 just around the bend from the south switch at Bealville.
Despite its long wheelbase, the big Centennial takes the sharp curve into Tunnel 2 with ease as it powers the Wimmer Engineering special across the Tehachapi mountains.
Under gloomy skies in the Tehachapi mountains, the Wimmer special approaches a work site at Ilmon on the UP's Mojave Sub.
The signals at Sandcut project their warning through the fog as a southbound freight prepares to start the climb up the Tehachapi grade.
A general freight decends Sandcut to Bena with two ES44DC DPUs on a sunny afternoon.
A westbound goes around the loop. Behind is an eastbound intermodal awaiting for the westbound at Woodford.
Ascends to Criff. Third unit is GP30U (BNSF 2413).
A UP drag freight bound for Roseville winds its way through the Marcel area as it approaches Tunnel 10 and Walong.
