The Coast Starlight was on the approach to the Tehachapi Loop.
The front of our train was in Tunnel 9 and starting around the Loop.
Tunnel 9, 428 feet long, which is the bottom of the Tehachapi Loop.
Walong siding starts just after Tunnel 9.
Our train rounded the Loop.
Looking down to where we had been a few minutes ago.
The train coming off the Tehachapi Loop en route to Tunnel 10.
Looking down at the Tehachapi Loop.
We travelled through the 307 foot long Tunnel 10.
Running through both switches at Marcel.
Views before the canyon narrowed.
The train went by the westbound approach signal for Marcel.
California Highway 58 is seen climbing the north side of the canyon before the we started through the "Tunnel District" of Tehachapi Pass.
Tunnel 14, 513 feet long.
Tunnel 15, 330 feet long.
Tunnel 16, 259 feet long.
Tunnel 17, 259 feet long.
A look back at the last tunnel on the route across Tehachapi Pass.
The Coast Starlight crossed Tehachapi Creek just before we reached double track at Cable.
The final miles of climbing the summit.
The tracks really twisted and turned just above Cable.
Our train was still ascending the two percent grade to reach the Tehachapi Valley.
View along Tehachapi Creek.
Continuing the climb just east of the City of Tehachapi.
Homes dot the hillsides as we approached.
We had now reached the Tehachapi Valley.
The final curve had been rounded over Tehachapi Pass.
The CA 58 Business Route crosses over the tracks just west of Tehachapi.
Passing new windmills as we neared the City of Tehachapi. The five of us were called into the dining car for our 2:30 PM lunch/dinner and I ordered the baked chicken, which was excellent, and enjoyed chocolate ice cream for dessert.
The Coast Starlight crested Tehachapi Pass and started down the eastward face.
The location of a gravel and sand mine.
The cement plant at Monolith.
Windmills dotted the hillside high on the ridges on both sides of the pass.
California Highway 58 in the Cameron area of the pass.
Joshua Trees as we dropped down into the California High Desert.
Passing the Joshua Trees and a trucker on California Highway 58.
The train's descent to the High Desert Floor was right around that next rock outcropping.
The stored aircraft at Mojave Airport before we rolled through Union Pacific's Mojave Yard.
