Late afternoon finds a southbound BNSF grain empty nearing Tunnel 2 at Bealville.

Southbound BNSF C44-9W with a Ferromex Engine spliced in the consist, rolls through Bealville as it climbs to the Summit in Tehachapi

Northbound Union Pacific AC4400CW no. 6015 exits tunnel 3 into Bealville heading down the West Slope of the Tehachapi Mountains to Bakersfield.

New Union Pacific GE ET44AC No. 2617 powers a UP Office Car Special through the verdant Tehachapi Mountains of California at the west switch of Bealville on February 29, 2016. The short three-car ... (more)

A southbound Union Pacific stack train emerges from Tunnel 2 at Bealville, California, while climbing Tehachapi Pass on the afternoon of February 27, 2016.

A southbound Union Pacific manifest has just gotten underway again after meeting a northbound BNSF Z train and it utilizing all the power its two DPU's can offer, including the CN 5745. It was alm... (more)

BNSF 8280 leads a colorful consist upgrade through Bealville.

SP 8307 leads a westbound manifest at Bealville.

Smoke in the tunnel: UP runs upwards toward Tehachapi.

Climbing out of California’s San Joaquin Valley is a Southern Pacific freight with SP SD40T-2 8505, SP SD40 7328, Cotton Belt SD45 8973 and an SD45T-2 providing the muscle to defy gravity and ge... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe stack train rumbles upgrade approaching Tunnel 2 at Bealville, California, on March 28, 2001. Former Santa Fe EMD SD40-2 “snoot” No. 6867 leads SD40-2 Nos. 8051 ... (more)

The hot North Bay to Willow Springs UPS train marches up Tehachapi Pass at Tunnel 2.

A Northbound UP general freight passes Bealville on the main in the late afternoon.

Two BNSF vehicle trains meet at Bealville on the west slope of California’s Tehachapi Pass on the afternoon of February 24, 2016.

Improvised helpers on the Hill As a Southern Pacific eastbound, powered by SP U33C 8771, U33C 8635, SD45T-2 9212 and SD45 8928, stalled while climbing over the Tehachapi Mountains when ... (more)