Tehachapi Pass and Barstow Photos 2013 by Eugen Haenseler

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I am very pleased to show some exclusive photos of Eugen Haenseler (EH).

A big thank you for sharing these excellent pictures with us.
Note: The copyright belongs to this gentleman. Do not use any photos without written permission.

Photos are sorted by date from West to East (not by number or railroad):
Bakersfield, Tehachapi (Caliente, Bealville, Keene, Loop, Marcel, Tehachapi), Mojave, Barstow

Abbreviations found on this page: EB = East Bound, NB = North Bound, SB = South Bound, WB = West Bound, MP = Mile Post,
DPU = Distributed Power Unit (Helpers), EOT = End of Train, DBS = Double Stack Train, TOFC = Trailer on Flat Car (Piggy Back),

4/29/2013 - Bakersfield, CA
We start our journey in Bakersfield, go over Tehachapi Pass and down to Mojave

4/29/13 - 179	still in SF blue/yellow colors - 177	- 178

- 174	- 175	old BN Caboose - 180

Amtrak California Train - 176	Bakersfield Depot - 181	- 182

4/29/2013 - Caliente Part 1
	the marker is mounted to a rock - 185	Caliente - 186
4/29/13 the history of Caliente - 184	Caliente Post Office - 187	Kern High School Bus - 188

UP EB w/EMD SD70ACe leading - 189	UP EB heading for Tehachapi - 190	UP manifest (mixed freight) - 191

'64 reefer w/graffity - 192	the head end of this train is above left - 193	DPU's passing Caliente - 194

ex. SP GE C44AC - 195	4/29/13 EOT and last photo of the day - 196	4/30/13 Edison Hwy - Early morning - 197

4/30/13 Edison Hwy - so far, no train around - 198	along Edison Hwy - here comes a UP train - 201	along Bena Road - lots of lumber cars - 202

Bena Road - another UP train - 203	Bena Corral - cattle along the tracks - 204	Bena Road - 205

a squirl in the middle of Bena Road - 206	my rental car helps a lot in railfaning - 207	Bena: Guelph Slaughterhouse - 208

Guelph Slaughterhouse & Proccessing - 209	same old plant - 210	BNSF DBS at Bealville - 211

same train - 212	Bealville - 213	BNSF all Auto Carrier Train - 214

City of Tehachapi - 216	Eugen in action - 217	Motel 6 at Bakersfield - 218

5/01/2013 - Caliente Part 2

5/01/13 UP manifest on the way - 239	same UP train - 240	2 UP trains: NB above and SB below - 241

- 242	UP 6403 = ex. SP C44AC - 243	- 244

- 245	Caliente Curve from above - 246	- 247

- 248	- 249	BNSF train with Caliente Post Office - 250

- 251	BNSF EB DBS train - 252	same BNSF train - 253

getting closer - 254	- 255	BNSF EB going uphill - 256

- 257	UP train with dirty mid train DPU's - 258	BNSF EB with 7 locos - 259

BNSF EB going around Caliente Curve - 260	BNSF manifest (mixed freight) - 261	- 262

- 263	- 264	- 265

5/01/2013 Tehachapi Loop

5/01/13 The Loop from above - 267	Blooming yucca with train at Marcel area - 271	- 272

Marcel - 273	photo taken from above Tunnel 10 - 274	below the loop: UP NB - 275

UP NB DPU above itself - 276	Entrance to Loop Ranch - 278	Driveway to Loop Ranch - 279

Driveway to Loop Ranch - 280	Caliente Bodfish Road from Tunnel 2 - 281	Caliente Bodfish Road - 282

Guelph Slaughterhouse & Proccessing . . - 284	. . in the evening - 285	- 288

going home to Bakersfield . . - 290	. . on Edison Highway - 292	last photo of the day - 293

5/02/2013 - Keene, Bealville, Loop, Tehachapi, Mojave

5/02/13 BNSF between Marcel & Cable - 294	same train, same location - 295	movie camera is ready - 296

between Marcel & Cable - 297	the Keene Cafe is serving all railfans - 298	good food at reasonable prices - 299

between Keene and Loop (train on Loop) - 300	Bealville - 301	5/02/13 Bealville - 302

5/03/13 Caliente - 303	Marcel - 304	between Monolite and Mojave - 305

concrete plant East of Tehachapi - 306	Monolite concrete plant - 307	Monolite concrete plant - 309

Monolite plant in the distance - 310	UP switcher at Monolite plant - 311	on the way down to Mojave - 312

Mojave airport (engineless aircraft) - 314	Trona Road in the Mojave desert - 315	arriving at Mojave - 320

5/03/13 Motel 6 Mojave - 323	Denny's Mojave (last photo of the day) - 325	5/04/13 On the road to Barstow in the morning - 329

Huge Joshua Tree compared to the truck - 330	- 331	John Deere load on flatbed - 333

Joshua Trees and Trucks - 334	never ending track - 335	old Santa Fe Caboose near Barstow - 336

5/04/2013 - Barstow - BNSF Shops and Classification Yard


5/04/13 Barstow BNSF shops - 337	- 338	full Santa Fe freight colors - 339

- 340	- 341	EMD GP60M in Warbonnet colors - 342

GE Dash9 in Warbonnet colors - 343	- 344	- 345

- 346	- 347	UP train leaving for Cajon Pass - 348

- 349	- 350	- 351

- 352	- 353	- 354

- 355	- 356	- 357

- 358	BNSF unit in old BN colors - 359	- 360
after visitting the shops and the yard, I moved to the East side of the Barstow Depot (old Harvey House) to the cut. Tracks are leading toward Daggett.

Auto-Max Auto Carrier - 362	the movie camera was on as well - 363	BNSF WB - 364

BNSF WB heading for the depot - 365	all grain train - 366	- 367

- 368	- 369	BNSF WB intermodal - 370

BNSF ex. Frisco grain car - 372	leaving Barstow toward Cajon on Route 66 - 1284	driving on old Route 66 along the tracks - 374

driving time to Victorville is approx. 1 hour - 375	here is a Westbound freight train - 380	BNSF WB on the way to Cajon Pass - 381

All photos copyright by Eugen Haenseler (Over all copyright by Werner Meer)

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	Tehachapi Pass Daggett - Barstow Photo Collection 2003 by Werner Meer Updated: February 28, 2010
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	Tehachapi Pass Aerial Photos by Dave Crammer (USA) Updated: March 7, 2010
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