An EMD SD45 leads an SP westbound out of tunnel 5. This is the sight of much damage caused by the 7.3 earthquake of 1952. Tunnel 5 was contorted and tunnel 4 destroyed, the latter being bypassed a... (more)

The snow on Tehachapi on Feb 6 didn't make it down to the lower elevations of the pass. A BNSF perishables, containers and TOFC approaches Tunnel 3 as it rolls through the park like setting of Bea... (more)

SP 7312 East roars out of the siding at the east end of Bealville, pouring diesel exhaust high into the sky overhead.

SP's loaded Shell Oil Train roars up the stiff and curving grade at the west end of Bealville. Note that all power on the head end is EMD tunnel motors. The train weighs in at approximately 10,000... (more)

SD45-2 No. 5643 leads an eastbound Santa Fe freight at tunnel 3. Apparently, the locomotive was added to the train as a lead helper, even though it was headed long hood first.

Santa Fe 2756 East emerges from tunnel 5 with her diesel exhaust billowing skyward. The freight is fighting a heavy grade and almost constant curvature. It was not unusual to see GP30s on the poin... (more)

An eastbound piggyback train led by Santa Fe GE C40-8W No. 809 climbs Tehachapi Pass between Tunnel Nos. 1 and 2 between Caliente and Bealville, California, on the afternoon of March 28, 2001.

On March 2, 2016, a westbound BNSF unit tank train of ethanol makes its way over California’s Tehachapi Pass as it wiggles through the curves at the west end of Bealville sidings. A pair of six-... (more)

A westbound BNSF unit tank train of ethanol snakes through the curves of Bealville while traversing California’s scenic Tehachapi Pass on March 2, 2016. Four road units up front are approaching ... (more)

A southbound Union Pacific office car special climbs Tehachapi Pass at Bealville, California, on February 29, 2016. New GE ET44AC No. 2617 powers the short three-car train, with mobile laboratory ... (more)

Late evening at tunnel 2 near Bealville finds this southbound grain empty working upgrade with a nice colorful lashup.

Temporarily interrupting the quiet peacefulness of the Tehachapi mountains, a northbound BNSF manifest rumbles across a freshly paved though lightly used road in Bealville as it makes its way thro... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe No. 8828 leads a southbound stack train out of Tunnel 2 at Bealville while crossing California’s Tehachapi Pass on February 25, 2016.

Spring of 2014 was fantastic on Tehachapi. Shiny new locomotives were everywhere, and the hills were extremely green, with wild flowers blooming........A bran-new UP2598 screams up Tehachapi Pass ... (more)

Climbing the grades of Tehachapi Pass, a southbound Union Pacific freight curves out of the Allard horseshoe at Bealville, California, on February 26, 2016.