A GE and an EMD is all it takes to move this rather long autoracks train uphill out of Bealville and into Tunnel 3.

A southbound intermodal train throttles up to continue its assault on Tehachapi after having to wait for a northbound to pass.

A southbound manifest thunders out of Tunnel 5 in notch 8 after having to sit in the siding at Bealville. The newer diesels with better emissions greatly reduce the "smoke show" of the past much t... (more)

A southbound baretable with some classic Santa Fe power climbs out of the Allard horseshoe on its way to Barstow.

A southbound intermodal with a quartet of GE pachyderms heads into Allard's curve as it makes the climb towards the summit at Techachapi. This shot was inspired by Steve Schmollinger's classic sho... (more)

The first northbound train following almost a full day of a work window on the loop.

Climbing towards tunnel 2. A fantastic place to spend an afternoon.

UP 7105 hauls empty cement train RPTECC-14 out of the siding at Bealville and into Tunnel 3.

BNSF S-LPCOIG3-28A (aka UP 3JLPOAJ 28), a Joliet, IL to Oakland, CA intermodal, winds through the Tehachapi Mountains at the aptly-named CLIFF siding. The intermodal it is meeting here, the Q-RICW... (more)

Eastbound Santa Fe freight near Bealville

UP 5429 leads this NB freight through Bealville with un patched SSW 9647 in the lashup.

Smoke from a fire in Yosemite has begun to creep into the Tehachapi Mountains as a lone ES44AH heads up the ILBSE 29 as it cruises downgrade into Tunnel 2.

The "Oil Cans" (BKDOU, Bakersfield to Dolores CA unit train) climbs the grade at Bealville in the Tehachapi Mountains. Head end power is an SD40T-2 and five flared SD45s.

Due to the forest fire in Yosemite, smoke has covered the sky in the Tehachapi mountains, but that doesn't stop UP as one of there intermodel trains heads north towards Seattle, WA as it snakes it... (more)