UP 5737 leads a northbound through the curve at Sandcut after making it over Tehachapi with a long manifest.
A BNSF Dash 9 leads 5 other units, including NS and CN power, over the roller coaster-like track at Bena.
An EB ATSF train sprints at the highest speed it will attain for several hours; the 2.2% grades of Tehachapi ahead will slow it down. K64, Minolta SRT 101, Rokkor 50mm f1.7
Santa Fe 7414 East thunders out of Bena as it enters the western extremity of Tehachapi Pass.
BNSF 5474 sweeps the curve at Bena.
As an SP employee prepares a helper set for its next assignment at Bena, a Santa Fe eastbound descends from Sandcut behind it at dusk.
As sprinklers water a field of white rose potatoes in the foreground, an uphill SP manifest meets a hot westbound Santa Fe intermodal at Bena.
With a venerable SD9E on the point, a sugar beet train headed for Holly Sugar in the San Joaquin Valley climbs out of Bena to Sandcut before descending to Bakersfield.
BNSF 4410 leads a southbound manifest, stopped at Bena for about 3 hours.
This view looking east shows the damage left by the flood of March 1, 1983 at Bena, where much of No. 1 track and the signal bridge were destroyed.
8106 smokes it up as it passes two waiting eastbounds.
heading downgrade into bena, california. note the caboose at the end of the train, as well as mid-train helpers
A quartet of SP SD9s assigned to Tehachapi helper service back into the pocket track at Bena, CA. K64, Minolta SRT-101, Rokkor 50mm f1.7
