A Union Pacific stack train climbs through Bealville, California, amid the green grass and wildflowers of springtime on Tehachapi Pass on March 1, 2016. Powering the eastbound (southbound) train i... (more)

Dropping downgrade on serpentine trackage at West Bealville is a westbound BNSF unit grain train on February 25, 2016. The heavy train is negotiating California’s Tehachapi Pass route, with two ... (more)

A westbound BNSF unit grain train drops downgrade through the spring green Tehachapi Mountains between Tunnel No. 2 and Tunnel 1 just west of Bealville, California, on February 25, 2016.

With the last half of its train still snaking through Bealville, BNSF 3741 leads this afternoon's edition of the RICBAR out of Tunnel 3 and toward Cliff.

UP 2728, 9016, and 8078 are in full throttle as they pull a manifest up the grade after being stopped unexpectedly due to a PTC failure.

UP 2728 leads a manifest through Bealville as it makes its way through the Tehachapi Pass.

In Tehachapi Pass on a very hot day, long train of BNSF railway going down the slope of Bealville, CA. They can be observed both ends of the train.

ATSF609 was still less than 10 years old, and the paint looked good as it shoved hard into BNSF4669 South (East).... Most mid-train helpers by this date were DPU on Tehachapi.

BNSF 4669 leads a heavy manifest up Tehachapi Pass at Bealville. The C44-9W's still looked New as they twisted thru the serpentine curves. The third unit is a fairly rare ex Santa Fe GP40X.......

Three new UP GE ET44AC (ET44AH) locomotives power a Z train eastbound through the horseshoe curve at Allard between the switches of Bealville siding on California’s Tehachapi Pass line on the mo... (more)

Battling the stiff grade out of Bealville as the sun dips below the horizon, Amtrak 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, turns toward Tunnel 3 as it detours over Tehachapi Pass. Turning inland afte... (more)

Wending its way through multiple reverse curves in Clear Creek Ravine between tunnels 3 and 5, a Santa Fe eastbound with a four-unit helper climbs the steep grade east of Bealville. The helper wil... (more)

Late in the day under a hazy sky, Santa Fe 5594 West drops downgrade through Bealville. The large number of units on the point is the result of combining a couple of helper sets to the point of th... (more)

A BNSF combined Stack/Intermodal for customer J.B.Hunt is trailing down the curved line below the Bealville siding and is about to enter tunnel 2 in a few moments. Leading unit is C44-9W #4164, f... (more)

Heading upgrade approaching Tunnel 2 west of Bealville, California, is a Union Pacific stack train on the afternoon of February 26, 2016.