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)

Orange with a touch of gray
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)

Even though the calendar still says winter, it’s springtime in California! Oak trees are beginning leaf out on the verdant mountains and wildflowers are erupting along the grassy hillsides, as a... (more)

It’s 6:51 a.m. on February 27, 2016, at Bealville, California. The grass is still wet with dew and the sun is having no luck shining through or burning off the thick morning clouds. Silence is d... (more)

Brand-new BNSF GE ES44C4 No. 4258 leads a westbound vehicle train at Bealville, California, late in the afternoon of February 24, 2016. The train just met an eastbound BNSF vehicle train that can ... (more)

A long BNSF intermodal train climbs the 2.1 percent grade at Bealville, California, on February 24, 2016. Leading the eastbound train is CREX No. 1323 and two BNSF Dash 9s, with the head end of th... (more)

Going down?
A westbound BNSF vehicle train has just met an eastbound BNSF stack at Bealville (seen above) and is dropping though the multiple curves below Allard on the afternoon of Feb... (more)

Winter rains have made the grassy hills on Tehachapi Pass an emerald green as an eastbound (southbound) Union Pacific intermodal climbs past maintenance-of-way working in the siding at Bealville, ... (more)

Tehachapi. The twisting grade between Tunnel One and Bealville is a stiff 2.1%. This westbound manifest heavy with lumber is climbing the grade as it enters the north leg of the Allard horseshoe.... (more)

Tehachapi Pass separates the Tehachapi Mountains from the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is the Sierra Nevada Mountains that can be seen rising in the distance....This long manifest heavy i... (more)

A Heavy Tier IV Gevo leads a short eastbound manifest around the Allard horseshoe. A grade of 2.1% lifts trains out to of the Caliente Creek drainage. Winter rains have brought early spring flow... (more)

With the Tehachapi Mountains nicely greened up by winter rains, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe stack train grinds upgrade toward Bealville, California, on March 28, 2001. Former Santa Fe EMD SD40-... (more)

The hot Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z9 descends down Tehachapi Pass as navigates through Tunnel 2 near Bealville.