The Starlight Returns...To Daily Service. On May 27th I was looking for an excuse to get out and shoot something, and low-and-beyond, was rewarded with a surprisingly late Amtrak 14, the no... (more)

Snaking Out of the Narrows. As the lush, green hills of Tehachapi slowly begin their turn to brown as temperatures across Southern California begin to feel more and more like summer - UP 76... (more)

Searchlights At Blue Hour. Making the final push toward the summit of Cuesta Pass, UP 4385 streaks past the still active, ex-Southern Pacific searchlights at the south end of the Santa Marg... (more)

Racing into a searchlight sunset. With the sun having just dipped behind the costal overcast, Amtrak 14 races northbound toward its next stop of Oakland as it thunders past a still-active, ... (more)

November 16, 2014- the date which will forever mark the end of an era on Tehachapi. It was on this cool, fall evening that many original, Southern Pacific searchlights saw their last sunset as Uni... (more)

Having come to a stop at the western side of the Valentine siding, BNSF 7486 idles quietly in the hills of Cozier Canyon as it waits for a pair of fellow westbound to overtake it before continuing... (more)