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.

Back in the day the red and silver lasted for quite a while. Here is a scene with some nice warbonnets at a famous shot on Tehachapi.

Dawn at Bealville
Since the night sky lightened to forewarn dawn, clouds filled in the sky over Tehachapi Pass. A low sun tries in vain to peek through a break in the gloom. At 6:45 a.m.... (more)

A trio of EMD's lead by a new EMD SD70ACeT4, leads the ZLTLC into tunnel 2 at Bealville in the late afternoon.

BNSF 4998 East roars out of the siding at the east end of Bealville ahead of 843 East, sitting on the main.

Mid-Train Helpers. A Roger Puta Photograph

On a hazy afternoon, as seen from the east end of Bealville, an SP eastbound climbs the torturous grade between tunnel 3 and Cliff. The cut the train is entering used to be tunnel 6. The manifest ... (more)

A BNSF manifest descends the grade in Bealville under a full Moon.

Winter rains have nicely greened up the grassy hills around Bealville on California’s Tehachapi Pass on February 24, 2016, as an Union Pacific manifest freight climbs through the Allard horsesho... (more)

In a surprise move by the dispatcher, BNSF 4998 East--a manifest--roars to life and will exit the siding at the east end of Bealville ahead of a stack train waiting on the main line.

Nice golden brown color on the Tehachapi mountains now as a BNSF double stack ascends the grade near Allard. The end of the train and it's DPU locomotives can be seen down the hill from this vanta... (more)

As a westbound Santa Fe piggyback train descends the western slope of Tehachapi, waycar 999279 puts a soon-to-disappear punctuation point on the end of the train. The caboose has just exited Tunne... (more)