A westbound BNSF vehicle train twists though the multiple curves below Allard at Bealville, California, on the afternoon of February 23, 2016.

3985 over Tehachapi!
No—not THAT No. 3985—but BNSF’s new GE ET44C4 leading a vehicle train westbound through Bealville, California, on the afternoon of February 25, 2016.

BNSF 6737 at Bealville in 1998.

Tehachapi Pass is covered with springtime as a Union Pacific manifest climbs into Bealville, California, on February 25, 2016. The middle portion of the eastbound freight is stretched through the ... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

Exhibiting an “open door” policy most likely caused by overheating on a warm May day, Santa Fe SD45R 5329 leads a westbound train drifting downgrade out of Bealville.

Wine train on Tehachapi
Approaching Tunnel 2 at Bealville, California, on March 27, 2001, is the so-called “wine train” led by Santa Fe C40-8W No. 855. This train is an eastbound un... (more)

Three GE motors lug this Fresno, CA to West Colton, CA manifest eastbound up the stiff grades of Tehachapi Pass.

CMA CGM stacks head towards Oakland

On February 26, 2016, a long BNSF intermodal train climbs the 2.1 percent grade at Bealville, California, and approaches the Allard horseshoe curve on Tehachapi Pass. ES44C4s Nos. 6766 and 7939 br... (more)

After sitting in Caliente for the majority of the day (caused by a failed mid-train DPU and an failure of an engine on the head end consist), UP 2535 notches up on the approach to Tunnel 2, headed... (more)

Three new UP GE ET44AC (ET44AH) locomotives power a southbound Z train at Bealville, California, on February 24, 2016. Winter rains have made the hills around Tehachapi Pass an emerald green, whic... (more)

UP SD70ACe 8829 heads south on the Mojave Sub with an LA bound Z train.

A quartet of GE's haul an eastbound train up the grade near Bealville.