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  1. March Comes in Like a Lion

    March Comes in Like a Lion

    BNSF 4559 with a train of steel coils has been setting at Summit, California for four hours. On this lovely morning last March 9 a ground blizzard has closed Tehachapi Pass to the north while high winds have halted operations across the Mojave Desert between Mojave and Barstow.
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    • Category: Creative Photos
  2. May Day at the Loop

    May Day at the Loop

    BNSF 4644 leads a manifest around the Tehachapi Loop at Walong. It was fine sunny day in the mountains.
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    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Western United States
  3. A View from the Grass

    A View from the Grass

    A view from the grass on a hill top near the Tehachapi Loop see the train led by BNSF 7430 winding its way toward Tehachapi. April 3, 2010
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Scenic Views
  4. Northbound at Bena

    Northbound at Bena

    UP 5405 leads a manifest as it approaches Bena.
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Western United States
  5. KCS 4705 in Tehachapi

    KCS 4705 in Tehachapi

    Here is my grab shot of KCS 4705 in Tehachapi. I will say I thought these grab shots were going to be the only shots I would get of this train. I was thrilled when a friend of mine who lives near the tracks called me and told me that this train just went past.
    • warrenroot
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    • Category: Western United States
  6. BC Rail C40-8M at Tehachapi

    BC Rail C40-8M at Tehachapi

    I was on a trip this week, and was pacing a train as I was riding along Highway 58 over Tehachapi Pass. This locomotive was the third on the train. This grab shot was from the car as the train was rolling through the town of Tehachapi, CA.
    • warrenroot
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    • Category: Western United States
  7. UP 4552

    UP 4552

    The Union Pacific 4552 leads this trio of non-flagged, non-flared SD70M's on a piggyback train at the Tehachapi Loop as seen from the Historical Marker on Woodford Tehachapi Road. The locomtives are UP 4552, UP 4651, and UP 4247.
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    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  8. East Meets West at Woodford

    East Meets West at Woodford

    Santa Fe SuperFleet Warbonnet units take the mainline westbound through Woodford while Blue and Yellow units hold the siding in the late afternoon sun in Tehachapi Pass in 1995.
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    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Western United States
  9. Wings Over Sandcut Hill

    Wings Over Sandcut Hill

    A set of 3 Union Pacific SD70Ms with #4484 leading brings a northbound stack train up and over Sandcut in Tehachapi Pass before the descent into Bakersfield in 2001.
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    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Western United States
  10. Southern Pacific Meet at Woodford

    Southern Pacific Meet at Woodford

    Westbound Southern Pacific #7363 and eastbound #8331 meet with friendly waves at Woodford in Tehachapi Pass in April 1992.
    • Huskerherb
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    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Western United States
  11. Cotton Belt Leads the Way

    Cotton Belt Leads the Way

    Cotton Belt GP60 #9644 heads up eight locomotives on this westbound freight as it passes through Bena in Tehachapi Pass on UP's Mojave Subdivision in July 1999.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  12. SP Action Around the Loop - 1995

    SP Action Around the Loop - 1995

    Led by SP SD70M #9816 in April 1995, this eastbound is pulling around Tehachapi Loop in the late afternoon sun on the main track in Tehachapi Pass.
    • Huskerherb
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    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Railroad Art
  13. East Meets West at Woodford

    East Meets West at Woodford

    Santa Fe SuperFleet Warbonnet units take the mainline westbound through Woodford while Blue and Yellow units hold the siding in the late afternoon sun in Tehachapi Pass in 1995.
    • Huskerherb
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    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Railroad Art
  14. Santa Fe Over Tehachapi Summit

    Santa Fe Over Tehachapi Summit

    On a cold and overcast March morning on Tehachapi Summit, a Santa Fe GP60M leads a westbound TOFC train down the Pass in 1991.
    • Huskerherb
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  15. SP Action Through Bealville - 1995

    SP Action Through Bealville - 1995

    Led by SP SD70M #9816 on April 11, 1995, #9818 assists this eastbound freight pulling through Bealville's late afternoon sun on the main track in Tehachapi Pass.
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    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Western United States
  16. UP Tunneling Through Woodford

    UP Tunneling Through Woodford

    Former Southern Pacific SD40T-2, now UP's #2923, grinds southbound leading its train up the Main through Woodford in Tehachapi Pass in 2002.
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    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  17. Daylight Helpers with the WFD - 1984

    Daylight Helpers with the WFD - 1984

    Southern Pacific SD44R #7399 and SD40R #7342 assist the #4449 "Daylight" and the World's Fair excursion train through Bealville in Tehachapi Pass on May 12, 1984.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  18. Southern Pacific Around the Loop

    Southern Pacific Around the Loop

    Westbound Southern Pacific SD40R #7374 leads a manifest freight around Walong's main track at Tehachapi Loop in 1984.
    • Huskerherb
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  19. BNSF Working through Woodford Siding

    BNSF Working through Woodford Siding

    BNSF H1 Dash 9-44CW #1040 grinds up the Tehachapi grade with eastbound tonnage through Woodford Siding in Fall 2001.
    • Huskerherb
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    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  20. Let's Meet At Woodford!

    Let's Meet At Woodford!

    Westbound SP SD45R #7436 and Eastbound SD40T-2 #8243 meet one another at the west end of Woodford in Tehachapi Pass in April 1995.
    • Huskerherb
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    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Western United States


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