A heavy BNSF coil steel unit train snakes westbound through multiple curves approaching the west switch of Bealville, California, on a sunny March 1, 2016.

BNSF 8582 heads into the siding at Bealville as dark afternoon clouds built up in the Tehachapi mountains on the afternoon of 4/17. Note the rear DPU's in the top left of the photo at Cliff.

4 units lead a southbound UP intermodal into Tunnel 3 at Bealville.

BCOL and BNSF power bring up the rear of a Northbound grain train at Tunnel 2 between Bealville and Caliente.

A Kings Park bound grain load snakes downgrade at North Bealville in the late afternoon.

BNSF 9049 brings up the rear of the HMODBAR at Bealville in the Tehachapi Mountains.

Glowing in the afternoon sun on February 24, 2016, is a southbound (eastbound) Union Pacific intermodal train working upgrade out of the east portal of Tunnel 2 at Bealville, California, on the tr... (more)

Climbing up and over the Tehachapi Mountains are a pair of Union Pacific SD70Ms, 4339 and 4623, with a freight that originated in Oregon. The train is rounding the last S-curve before passing thr... (more)

An eastbound BNSF intermodal train climbs toward the east end of Bealville on the pretty spring day of March 2, 2016, while climbing California’s famed Tehachapi Pass.

BNSF 4467 with an H3 nose leads another southbound at Bealville.

A southbound Union Pacific intermodal train meets a BNSF freight at Bealville while climbing California’s Tehachapi Pass carpeted with springtime green on February 26, 2016.

Heading south over the Tehachapi Mountains is an eastbound BNSF Railway train with a visiting Norfolk Southern Dash 9-40CW on the point. NS 9378 is leading BNSF SD40-2 6932, ATSF Dash 9-44CW 648,... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train rolls downgrade through Bealville, California, on a perfect February 25, 2016.

A pair of Union Pacific’s 6,000 horsepower SD90MAC-H locomotives grind away with a southbound freight approaching Tunnel 2 at Bealville, California. The train is in the middle of a long climb of... (more)

With their assault on Tehachapi temporarily halted, the crew of this eastbound BNSF Q train briefly stirs in their seats as a passenger train rounds the curve and into view at Bealville. The condu... (more)