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| A sorry sight- one of several China Southern Airbus A380-800s languishing at Mojave. |
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| A pristine Erickson Air Tankers MD-87 howls out of Gen. Fox Field in Lancaster |
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| The Piper Pawnee towplane at Skylark North makes a steep approach. |
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| Nothing quite matches the grace and beauty of sailplanes. |
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| A stop for lunch at the Voyager Restaurant at Mojave yields another view of the MD-87 tanker! |
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| Dynamic brakes humming along, a BNSF autorack train slowly descends into the Mojave Basin. |
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| An eastbound BNSF intermodal train |
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| A BNSF autorack train leaves Mojave yard for Tehachapi Pass. |
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| Probably leaving the Tehachapi cement plant, a BNSF hopper train heads east. |
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| A westbound Union Pacific manifest with a welcome surprise- the Southern Pacific heritage unit! |
The Cajon Pass is the gateway from the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and San Diego and the massive freight yards at West Colton and San Bernardino to the rest of the United States. As such it's an exceptionally busy route.
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| Likely a power move where locomotives are shuffled between yards, NINE GE C44-9Ws take the lead on an eastbound manifest. |
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| Surprise! Canadian Pacific's EMD SD70ACU Heritage unit makes an appearance on a westbound BNSF intermodal train. |
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| Filthy UP General Electrics haul autoracks up the slope. |
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I spent day two of a trip to Mountain Valley Airport in Tehachapi pacing UP and BNSF freights along the Mojave division, across the Tehachap...
