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)
Less than a half hour of sunlight left as detouring southbound Amtrak train #11 rolls downgrade through Crown Valley in Soledad Canyon near the old SP siding location of Ravenna.
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.
Snow can still be found in the upper reaches of Cajon Pass a several days after an early winter storm passed through the area as a westbound doublestack is already on the descent at Silverwood.