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  1. Highball the Rollbye

    Highball the Rollbye

    a BNSF Crew memeber Gives a rollbye at Walong
  2. Flying Down the Loop

    Flying Down the Loop

    General Electric Dash 9 with radiator wings outstretched is flying down Tehachapi Loop on 8/7/2004 about 6:45 PM. These are the DPU's of a northbound BNSF train at Walong.
  3. BNSF'S Mojave Sub

    BNSF'S Mojave Sub

    BNSF Eastbound Intermodal Train rumbles around Tehachapi Loop in California
  4. BNSF'S Mojave Sub

    BNSF'S Mojave Sub

    BNSF Eastbound Intermodal Train rumbles around Tehachapi Loop in California
  5. Tehachapi Puffy White Clouds

    Tehachapi Puffy White Clouds

    I've always thought that the old B&W photos looked best with puffy white clouds. I think the photographers used to use a filter to emphasize them. Here is a picture taken on 10/2/2004 at Tehachapi Loop trying to emulate that look. I think the very dirty Union Pacific locomotives even look...
  6. BNSF'S Mojave Sub

    BNSF'S Mojave Sub

    BNSF Eastbound Intermodal Train at Tehachapi, Ca. under storm light conditions
  7. BNSF Against A Smokey Sky

    BNSF Against A Smokey Sky

    A fire sets the sky full of smoke as a BNSF Empty Intermodal train climbs out of the 2.2% grade of Tehachapi
  8. Lonely NS

    Lonely NS

    A Lonely NS unit sits on Summit Switch in Tehachapi
  9. Tehachapi Loop

    Tehachapi Loop

    One of my favorite places. I'm lucky to live close enough to be able to go up there every weekend. Lots of trains and lots of mountain railroading action.
  10. Tehachapi July Heat

    Tehachapi July Heat

    It's 7:00 PM on Tehachapi loop and it's still 90 degrees. The heat's pouring out of the big GE radiators distorting the hills behind it.
  11. UP at the loop 2003

    UP at the loop 2003

    UP SD70 4979 about to enter tunnel 9 at the loop.
  12. Classic Caliente

    Classic Caliente

    A BNSF intermodal coils through the S-curves, crossing over the highway as it descends Caliente.
  13. Comin' at ya!

    Comin' at ya!

    Nothing better than a clean Warbonnet on the point!
  14. Tehachapi Loop in April.

    Tehachapi Loop in April.

    Since spring comes early in California I went back to the first weekend in April to get some green. Here is a BNSF southbound train climbing Tehachapi Loop and can see the end of its train below crossing Tehachapi creek. This was taken on 4/3/2004.
  15. BNSF 4892

    BNSF 4892

    BNSF 4892 leads a train up the Tehachapi Loop.
  16. Pass at Woodford

    Pass at Woodford

    the southbound Oakland-Willow Springs powered by BNSF1077, BNSF1035, BNSF4516, BNSF745 passes a manifest led by no. BNSF7883, BNSF7034, GMEX9001, BNSF8047, BNSF4928 at Woodford, Tehachapi, CA. 14.20Hrs
  17. Warbonnet at Tunnel 10

    Warbonnet at Tunnel 10

    A southbound manifest departs from Tunnel 10 at the Tehachapi Loops, powered by Nos. SF854, NS8866, BNSF7265, FURX71010 and SF6902.
  18. jb hunt trailers at Caliente

    jb hunt trailers at Caliente

    BNSF 1086 leads a JB Hunt trailer train at Caliente in May of 2003.
  19. Tehachapi, three H1's at Woodford

    Tehachapi, three H1's at Woodford

    Three BNSF H1's coming up the siding at Woodford (milepost 349) on Union Pacific's Tehachapi line. Taken on 12/27/2003 with Canon Digital Rebel. They sat there all day with DPU problems!
  20. War Bonnets at Tehachapi Tunnel 10

    War Bonnets at Tehachapi Tunnel 10

    With a little snow on the ground around tunnel 10, two BNSF ex Santa Fe red and silver war bonnets pull a roadrailer train up grade. Taken on 12/28/2003 with a Canon Digital Rebel with a Canon EF 75-300mm lens. (This is on Union Pacific's Tehachapi line in California, USA)


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