UP 5344 leads an increasingly-rare loaded coal train eastbound over the new high bridge.
A heavy junk train bound for West Colton yard in Los Angeles begin the climb to the summit of Tehachapi Pass and seen here, at Tunnel 2. Two more units, working in DP mode, push on the rear.
A stack train cruises through the small snow storm at Turner Junction.
UP westbound on the UP Geneva Sub under ex C&NW signals.
An intermodel train slows to a stop at Nelson with a relatively new GEVO leading the way. After stopping I noticed the conductor peeking through the windshield taking pictures of us.
UP 5344 and two SD70Ms blast through DeKalb at speed, with hot intermodal freight, while a loaded coal train's DPU pushes in the distance.
Rattlesnakes aren't the only things out here that twist and curve in the mountains!