In an ultra wide composition, a south bound Union Pacific intermodal rumbles its way slowly up through a deep cut, just below the famous Tehachapi loop, in the upper Tehachapi mountains on a warm ... (more)

A UP intermodal charges up the Tehachapi grade, through and out of Bealville, on a warm late spring afternoon.

Across a Martian landscape.

A short north bound UP cement train slowly climbs its way up and out of the shadows around the Cameron Road crossing area and is approaching the Monolith area on a cold winter afternoon while the ... (more)

A south bound UP QRVWC manifest climbs up and around the Tehachapi Loop and by a holding north bound BNSF intermodal all under a dramatic sky.

The morning sun slowly peaks the hills of Allard, burning off a fog layer, as a south bound Union Pacific intermodal from Brooklyn, Oregon, climbs the grade around the horseshoe, in and out of the... (more)

Night operations on the Tehachapi Pass is a completely different world. Here a north bound manifest quickly drifts down the grade between tunnels 1 and 2 as the headlights light the right of way t... (more)

Clinging to the side of the hill, alongside Highway 58 in the upper Tehachapi mountains, a morning south bound Union Pacific intermodal battles up the steep grade and through tunnel 14 as the morn... (more)

With fluffy white clouds slowly drifting through the sky above and casting big shadows across the green landscape, the DPU of a south bound UP intermodal slowly pushes up through the Caliente cany... (more)

A north bound UP intermodal drifts down the Tehachapi grade and around the horseshoe curve in Keene, CA while the setting winter afternoon sun glows the rocks along the hillside.

A lone Union Pacific DPU pushes on the rear of a south bound auto rack train up through the cut below Bealville, CA, as the gnarl trees scattered throughout the Tehachapi foothills make for intere... (more)

The glinting mid train helpers of a Union Pacific QRVWC manifest have switched from helping push to dynamic braking to help keep their train from running out of control as the south bound crested ... (more)

A south bound UP manifest climbs the steep grade out of the Allard horseshoe area and in to Bealville, as a north bound BNSF intermodal, that had just met the manifest at the west end of Bealville... (more)

A south bound UP manifest is seen slowly climbing its way up and out of the Caliente area in the early, spring morning light.

Moments after the summer morning sun peaked the eastern Tehachapi hills, a south bound UP manifest is seen slowly climbing it’s way up and through the Caliente area.