After sitting in Caliente for the majority of the day (caused by a failed mid-train DPU and an failure of an engine on the head end consist), UP 2535 notches up on the approach to Tunnel 2, headed... (more)
Three new UP GE ET44AC (ET44AH) locomotives power a southbound Z train at Bealville, California, on February 24, 2016. Winter rains have made the hills around Tehachapi Pass an emerald green, whic... (more)
UP SD70ACe 8829 heads south on the Mojave Sub with an LA bound Z train.
A quartet of GE's haul an eastbound train up the grade near Bealville.
Emerging from Tunnel #5 with a plume of black smoke, BNSF 7157 leads the H MODBAR onto the main at Cliff, southbound on UP's Mojave Sub.
A quartet of BNSF GE's guide a Willow Springs-North Bay (San Francisco) Z train down Tehachapi Pass. The train has just passed through Tunnel #5 and its tailend can be seen still on the south side... (more)
BNSF GEs sandwich a KCS EMD, coasting out of Tunnel #5 on UP's Mojave Sub with a Z train.
UP ES44AC 5463 is about to disappear into Tehachapi Pass' tunnel #5, shoving on the tailend of a rack train.
A matched pair of UP SD70Ms head up Tehachapi Pass to gather a work train from Tehachapi.
A clean UP Tier 4 GEVO guides a long and heavy West Colton-Roseville manifest down the main at Bealville, meeting a southbound Z train in the process. Brake smoke and dust is a flying, and the DPU... (more)
BNSF ES44C4 6957 leads a Z7 northbound, down Tehachapi Pass between Cliff and Bealville on UP's Mojave Sub.
BNSF 3944, UP 6520, BNSF 756 and BNSF 5002 provide a colorful consist, leading the H STOBAR south between Caliente and Bealville on UP's Mojave Sub.
After meeting northbound MWCRVB-16, ZLTLC-17 departs the siding at Bealville with UP 7713 shoving on the rear.
UP SD70ACe 8829 climbs over Tehachapi Pass with a hot Z train. The train has just departed the south switch at Bealville and prepares to head into a tunnel.
BNSF ES44C4 4231 and CREX ES44AC 1209 nudge a heavy H MODBAR over Tehachapi Pass, climbing up the main track at Cliff.