A Northbound "Z" train drops downgrade at Bealville.
A northbound Z train accelerates out of Ilmon after having negotiated the Tehachapi Pass.
A train of solid pigs for Stockton, CA hammers down on West Baring.
As the morning sun reunites itself with Tehachapi's golden hills the sound of dynamic brakes pierce the cool morning air in the Caliente Valley. BNSF 5309 has just finished the most daunting porti... (more)
BNSF 4523 rolls through a pocket of light cast through a break in a small thunderstorm.
BNSF 6847 drops downgrade between tunnels 5 and 3, just South of Bealville.
BNSF 6744 dodges shadows as the train rolls through Bena.
BNSF 6744 drops down through Bealville while meeting a Union Pacific manifest.
The final light of the day falls upon BNSF 7853 as her crew runs off the final miles to Bakersfield.
The weary eyed crew of a northbound "Z" train brings her into Bakersfield early in the morning. The train will get a fresh crew for the remaining mileage to Stockton, CA.