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Tehachapi Pass and Barstow
Photo Collection

April 29 - May 5, 2013
by Eugen Haenseler, Switzerland

I am very pleased to show some exclusive photos of Eugen Haenseler (EH).

A big thank you for sharing these excellent pictures with us.
Note: The copyright belongs to this gentleman. Do not use any photos without written permission.

Photos are sorted by date from West to East (not by number or railroad):
Bakersfield, Tehachapi (Caliente, Bealville, Keene, Loop, Marcel, Tehachapi), Mojave, Barstow

Abbreviations found on this page: EB = East Bound, NB = North Bound, SB = South Bound, WB = West Bound, MP = Mile Post,
DPU = Distributed Power Unit (Helpers), EOT = End of Train, DBS = Double Stack Train, TOFC = Trailer on Flat Car (Piggy Back),

For bigger size photos - please click on the 3-digit number below each photo.

4/29/2013 - Bakersfield, CA
We start our journey in Bakersfield, go over Tehachapi Pass and down to Mojave
4/29/13 - 179 still in SF blue/yellow colors - 177 - 178
 - 174 - 175 old BN Caboose - 180
Amtrak California Train - 176 Bakersfield Depot - 181 - 182

 

4/29/2013 - Caliente Part 1

the marker is mounted to a rock - 185

Caliente - 186
4/29/13 the history of Caliente - 184 Caliente Post Office - 187 Kern High School Bus - 188
UP EB w/EMD SD70ACe leading - 189 UP EB heading for Tehachapi - 190 UP manifest (mixed freight) - 191
'64 reefer w/graffity - 192 the head end of this train is above left - 193 DPU's passing Caliente - 194
ex. SP GE C44AC - 195 4/29/13 EOT and last photo of the day - 196 4/30/13 Edison Hwy - Early morning - 197
4/30/13 Edison Hwy - so far, no train around - 198 along Edison Hwy - here comes a UP train - 201 along Bena Road - lots of lumber cars - 202
Bena Road - another UP train - 203 Bena Corral - cattle along the tracks - 204 Bena Road - 205
 a squirl in the middle of Bena Road - 206 my rental car helps a lot in railfaning - 207  Bena: Guelph Slaughterhouse - 208
Guelph Slaughterhouse & Proccessing - 209 same old plant  - 210 BNSF DBS at Bealville - 211
same train - 212 Bealville - 213 BNSF all Auto Carrier Train - 214
City of Tehachapi - 216 Eugen in action - 217 Motel 6 at Bakersfield - 218

 

5/01/2013 - Caliente Part 2

5/01/13 UP manifest on the way - 239 same UP train - 240 2 UP trains: NB above and SB below - 241
- 242 UP 6403 = ex. SP C44AC - 243 - 244
- 245 Caliente Curve from above - 246 - 247
- 248 - 249 BNSF train with Caliente Post Office - 250
- 251 BNSF EB DBS train - 252 same BNSF train - 253
getting closer - 254 - 255 BNSF EB going uphill - 256
- 257 UP train with dirty mid train DPU's - 258 BNSF EB with 7 locos - 259
BNSF EB going around Caliente Curve - 260 BNSF manifest (mixed freight) - 261 - 262
- 263 - 264 - 265

 

5/01/2013 Tehachapi Loop
5/01/13 The Loop from above - 267 Blooming yucca with train at Marcel area - 271 - 272
Marcel - 273 photo taken from above Tunnel 10 - 274 below the loop: UP NB - 275
UP NB DPU above itself - 276 Entrance to Loop Ranch - 278 Driveway to Loop Ranch - 279
Driveway to Loop Ranch - 280 Caliente Bodfish Road from Tunnel 2 - 281 Caliente Bodfish Road - 282
Guelph Slaughterhouse & Proccessing . . - 284 . . in the evening - 285  - 288
going home to Bakersfield . . - 290 . .  on Edison Highway - 292 last photo of the day - 293

 

5/02/2013 - Keene, Bealville, Loop, Tehachapi, Mojave
5/02/13 BNSF between Marcel & Cable - 294 same train, same location - 295 movie camera is ready - 296
between Marcel & Cable - 297 the Keene Cafe is serving all railfans - 298 good food at reasonable prices - 299
between Keene and Loop (train on Loop) - 300 Bealville - 301 5/02/13 Bealville  - 302
5/03/13 Caliente - 303 Marcel - 304 between Monolite and Mojave - 305
concrete plant East of Tehachapi - 306 Monolite concrete plant - 307 Monolite concrete plant - 309
Monolite plant in the distance - 310 UP switcher at Monolite plant - 311 on the way down to Mojave - 312
Mojave airport (engineless aircraft) - 314 Trona Road in the Mojave desert - 315 arriving at Mojave - 320
5/03/13 Motel 6 Mojave - 323 Denny's Mojave (last photo of the day) - 325 5/04/13 On the road to Barstow in the morning - 329
Huge Joshua Tree compared to the truck - 330 - 331 John Deere load on flatbed - 333
Joshua Trees and Trucks - 334 never ending track - 335 old Santa Fe Caboose near Barstow - 336

 

5/04/2013 - Barstow - BNSF Shops and Classification Yard
5/04/13 Barstow BNSF shops - 337 - 338 full Santa Fe freight colors - 339
- 340 - 341 EMD GP60M in Warbonnet colors - 342
GE Dash9 in Warbonnet colors - 343 - 344 - 345
- 346 - 347 UP train leaving for Cajon Pass - 348
- 349 - 350 - 351
- 352 - 353 - 354
- 355 - 356 - 357
- 358 BNSF unit in old BN colors - 359 - 360
after visitting the shops and the yard, I moved to the East side of the Barstow Depot (old Harvey House) to the cut. Tracks are leading toward Daggett.
Auto-Max Auto Carrier - 362 the movie camera was on as well - 363 BNSF WB - 364
BNSF WB heading for the depot - 365 all grain train - 366 - 367
- 368 - 369 BNSF WB intermodal - 370
BNSF ex. Frisco grain car - 372 leaving Barstow toward Cajon on Route 66 - 1284 driving on old Route 66 along the tracks - 374
driving time to Victorville is approx. 1 hour - 375 here is a Westbound freight train - 380 BNSF WB on the way to Cajon Pass - 381

All photos copyright by Eugen Haenseler (Over all copyright by Werner Meer)

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Tehachapi Pass
Aerial Photos


by Dave Crammer (USA)

Updated: March 7, 2010
Between Bealville + Cliff, incl. Tunnel 3 + 5 - DC-83 See all 54 photos - click here The famous Tehachapi Loop - DC-67

 

Great movie (4 1/2 min.) of the Tehachapi Loop taken by a quadcopter:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLb_99f_JSE

 

Tehachapi Pass
Daggett - Barstow
Photo Collection
2003

by Werner Meer

Updated: February 28, 2010
Between Ilmon & Caliente 2 Auto trains - 30533 See all 87 photos - click here BNSF EB will enter Tunnel 9 and the Loop - 30621

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