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The Coast Starlight coming off of Ansel Hill into Mojave.
At East Mojave a BNSF train waited for us to pass by before following us west.
A UP freight in Mojave.
Stored airplanes at the Mojave Airport.
The train started the climb up Tehachapi Pass.
A nice old signal bridge.
You get a sense of the grade in this view.
Curving away from the High Desert into the mountains.
Climbing the grade towards Cameron.
Joshua Trees.
Still climbing!
Windmills on the top of the mountains in front of our train.
Looking back down the grade.
Windmills on every ridge as our train continues to climb.
Cameron.
A BNSF grain train heading down grade at Cameron.
The end of that BNSF grain train.
Curves and windmills.
Looking back down the grade.
View looking north.
Curving into Monolith.
Another look back.
Monolith.
Another BNSF eastbound at Monolith.
Monolith.
Mine tailings northwest of Monolith.
Looking back at Monolith.
The Coast Starlight has crested Tehachapi Pass at Summit Switch.
Passing through the town of Tehachapi with its water tower.
Signal bridge at Tehachapi.
Another BNSF eastbound at Tehachapi.
Windmills and the BNSF freight.
We have left the Tehachapi Valley behind and now will follow Tehachapi Creek towards Cable.
The Cable X-Over.
The tracks twist and turn on its way to Cable. The Coast Starlight came to a stop and we all wondered what we were waiting for at the end of double track. I called Carole Walker who told me that the CEO/President of Amtrak had resigned and that Mr. Crosby would be the acting CEO until a replacement was named. Soon someone on the Tioga Pass open platform saw the southbound Coast Starlight coming up the grade.
The southbound Coast Starlight passing our train at Cable. Once we got a green signal, we continued our northbound trip.
Cable.
Crossing Tehachapi Creek.
The train entering the 259 foot Tunnel 17.
Tunnel 17.
The 259 foot Tunnel 16.
The 330 foot Tunnel 15.
The 513 foot Tunnel 14.
Views on the way to Marcel.
Marcel.
A Union Pacific westbound at Marcel.
The 307 foot Tunnel 10. Now we could see the Tehachapi Loop.
