BNSF 4600 West at the BNSF connection in Mojave.
A Union Pacific local out on the Oak Creek Branch.
The Mojave Airport.
Climbing the east slope of Tehachapi Pass.
Curving into Monolith.
Windmills on the southern ridges as the train ran through Monolith then sprinted across the valley to the summit of Tehachapi Pass at 4,065 feet. From here it was downhill all the way to Bena.
The Tehachapi water tower.
The restored Tehachapi station. We left the Tehachapi Valley behind as we followed Tehachapi Creek west.
The Coast Starlight at the Cable crossovers.
Rolling through Cable. Next we entered the 259 foot Tunnel 17, the 259 foot Tunnel 16, the 330 foot Tunnel 15 and the 513 foot Tunnel 14 before reaching Marcel.
Looking back towards Tunnel 14.
The train at Marcel.
The view from Marcel. We went through the 307 foot Tunnel 12 and the Tehachapi Loop came into view.
The journey around the Tehachapi Loop.
The train about to cross Tehachapi before we reached Woodford.
Taking a curve between Woodford and Rowen.
Entering Rowen.
BNSF 6705 East.
Near the west switch at Rowen.
The train below Rowen.
Derailed cars from Wednesday's incident just west of there. The train then went into the 689 foot Tunnel 8 and the 520 foot Tunnel 7.
Coming into Cliff.
Views from Cliff Siding before we entered the 1,175 foot Tunnel 5.
The train passed the remains of Tunnel 4 before going through the 494 foot Tunnel 3, which took us to Bealville and a waiting BNSF 4061 East.
Rolling through Bealville.
The rear of BNSF 4061 East. The Coast Starlight then went through the 219 foot Tunnel 2.
After the train exited Tunnel 2, it would head down to the next tunnel.
The train entered the 232 foot Tunnel 1. Down at Caliente, BNSF 5235 East was waiting for us to go by.
Dropping down into Caliente. From here was a trip through "The Narrows" on the way to Bena.
The train at the west end of "The Narrows" before we ran through Bena.
Climbing the grade at Sandcut where we stopped for BNSF 4808 East then proceeded through Edison and on into Bakersfield, where we arrived at 3:20 PM.
