U36C No. 8703, one of the few painted in the "tuxedo" paint scheme, leads a westbound Santa Fe manifest into tunnel 9 at the Loop. Note the trackside indicators on either side of the mai... (more)
Shortly before curving out of view on the approach to Tunnel 9, BNSF 3777 is captured leading a westbound Z downgrade on the snow covered, world-famous Tehachapi Loop on the first day of the new y... (more)
Crossing over itself! A Roger Puta Photograph
A single helper ATSF 5642 pushes on waycar 999395. A Roger Puta Photograph
The power consist was ATSF 5575, CO 4088, BO 4147, ATSF 8023, and ATSF 3408. A Roger Puta Photograph
What's neat about the photo is that you can see both ends of the train. A Roger Puta Photograph
5273, 5088 and 4120 wind a southbound manifest through Tunnel 10 at Walong as they ascend Tehachapi Pass. Cut in half way back along the train are mid-train helpers 9649, 8319 and 5395. I recen... (more)
Moo?
A set of lite helper power was descending the Tehachapis at the east siding switch Walong
A long, heavy Union Pacific freight powered by two SD90MAC-H 6000 horsepower locomotives grinds past the south (east) switch of Walong on California’s Tehachapi Pass on March 28, 2001.
An SP eastbound roars into the cut below the Loop.
A pair of BNSF GEs sandwich a KCS EMD heading down Tehachapi Pass with a hot BNSF Z train.
BNSF 4567, 687, 6866 provide the power to lift 111 empty grain cars through the loop at Tehachapi
BNSF 7217, KCS 4036, BNSF 5065 lift a short 95 platform hotshot through a work zone through the former switch at Marcel.
BNSF C44-9W 5483, CSXT AC4400CW 578 and BNSF C44-9W 4825 lead a southbound BNSF trackage rights stack train over brand new trackage (probably a day or two old at this point) that has linked the Wa... (more)