Santa Fe EMD SD45 5333 leads an eastbound piggyback train through the Tehachapi Mountains at Bealville.

Not too long after sunrise on February 29, 2016, a westbound BNSF vehicle train meets a BNSF freight at Bealville on California’s scenic Tehachapi Pass.

Working a heavy manifest freight up the steep grades of Tehachapi Pass are three new Union Pacific GE ET44AC (ET44AH) locomotives exiting the Allard horseshoe curve at Bealville, California, on Ma... (more)

The grassy hills around Bealville on California’s Tehachapi Pass are an emerald green on February 24, 2016, as an Union Pacific manifest freight climbs past maintenance-of-way working in the si... (more)

A pair of BNSF GEs lead a southbound intermodal train as it climbs Tehachapi Pass at Bealville, CA on a beautiful spring day.

A westbound BNSF intermodal train negotiates the Allard horseshoe curve at Bealville, California, while crossing Tehachapi Pass on March 1, 2016.

Three new Union Pacific GE ET44AC (ET44AH) locomotives snake a train through multiple curves and up a steep grade below the Allard horseshoe curve at Bealville, California, on March 1, 2016. Heavy... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific manifest freight ascends the grade through Bealville, California, on a very spring-like February 26, 2016. General Electric ES44AC No. 7983 leads two new ET44ACs (UP lab... (more)

This Westbound BNSF train is seen heading towards the west switch at Bealville with the rear of the train about to go through the horseshoe curve at Allard.

With a pair of leased NW units along to help a westbound Santa Fe train was descending the Tehachapi Mountains near Bealville, CA

Three new Union Pacific GE ET44AC (ET44AH) locomotives growl up the steep grade of Tehachapi Pass at Bealville, California, on March 1, 2016, with an eastbound manifest freight. The large train do... (more)

On Tehachapi Pass, covered in beautiful spring green grass, an eastbound BNSF intermodal train climbs the 2.1 percent grade through the Allard Horseshoe curve at Bealville, California, on February... (more)

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A westbound BNSF grain train holding the main line at Bealville, California, meets an eastbound BNSF intermodal train on February 25, 2016. The two DPU locom... (more)

Rumbling out of the east portal of Tunnel 2 at Bealville, California, is an eastbound Union Pacific manifest freight on the stiff 2.1 percent grade through here on the climb over Tehachapi Pass on... (more)