Snaking thru the sharp curves of the Tehachapi Grade, UP 5895 leads a long manifest thru the mountains of California.

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)

A north bound Union Pacific manifest drifts down the Tehachapi grade in the late afternoon summer light. The lead units are rounding the hill in the middle of the Tehachapi loop below as the train... (more)

BNSF 7519 is clawing its path through the steep grades and nearly constant curvature of Tehachapi Pass as the southbound manifest destined for Barstow negotiates the short single track segment bet... (more)

Slightly west of Marcel, Californa, a 38-car eastbound Southern Pacific train climbs toward Tehachapi on the morning of May 11, 1984.

A 25-car westbound Santa Fe TOFC train drifts downgrade at Marcel, California.

An eastbound 40-car Santa Fe TOFC train climbs the Tehachapi grade approaching Marcel, California. The rear of the train is in Tunnel 10, just above the Tehachapi Loop.

Late night fog starts to roll in over Tehachapi Pass as the headlights, and ETD, from a northbound BNSF train illuminate hillside of Marcel.

Southbound BNSF 7680 is negotiating the nearly constant curvature on its ascent of Tehachapi Pqss as it passes the intermediate searchlights between Walong and Marcel sidings. In a few years this ... (more)

A north bound BNSF intermodal slowly lights it’s way down through the curves at the south end of Marcel on a cold spring night in the upper elevations of the Tehachapi Mountains.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Dash 9-44CW 1006 leads its train as it exits Tunnel 10 and threads its way around the many curves at Marcel, just uphill (railroad east) from the Tehachapi Loop, on Ju... (more)

The morning sunshine illuminates the nose of the BNSF 7161 as it pulls a Stockton to Barstow up the grade of Tehachapi Pass.

Four clean and shiny red and silver Dash 8s lead a hot 991 train at the east end of Marcel, CA. Trains like the 991, with its counterpart, the 199, made Santa Fe an impressive operation by any mea... (more)

Warm fall light imbues the landscape as Santa Fe 520 East roars through multiple reverse curves at the east end of Marcel.

Between Walong and Marcel and after crossing the Tehachapi loop, BNSF double stack train twists it's way south up through the reverse curves above tunnel 10 and continues climbing towards the summ... (more)