Eastbound BNSF 4776 at Tunnel #3 portal.
BNSF 4776 at Cliff, as viewed from Tunnel #3.
Eastbound UP 5763 at Tunnel #3.
This UP general freight is dwarfed by the deep valley. This photo was taken looking down from the top of the hill above Tunnel #3.
In the above scenes, smoke pours out of Tunnel #5 as first the lead units and then the mid-train helpers exit the tunnel. This happens on a regular basis as heavy eastbounds fill the hill's longest tunnel with exhaust as they labor up the 2.5% grade.
Westbound BNSF light helpers pass the remnants of Tunnel #4, which was bypassed following restructuring after the devastaing 1952 Tehachapi earthquake.
UP 5813 exits the east portal of Tunnel #3.
