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)

SP 6788 East, a manifest headed for the yard at West Colton, CA, grinds its way up the relentless grade at Bealville in the heart of the Tehachapi Mountains. The smooth, rounded sides of the mount... (more)

A westbound ATSF train in the Tehachapis highballs Bealville siding. The train was just the right length.

A BNSF intermodal struggles up the grade as a mixed freight coasts down the grade at sunset.

4 units lead the Northbound ZLCLT as it's about to duck into tunnel 3 at Bealville.

An Eastbound stack train meets the morning light as it accelerates out of the siding.

Passing maintenance-of-way forces in the siding, an eastbound BNSF intermodal train climbs the grade up toward Tehachapi Pass at Bealville, California, on February 24, 2016. Leading the train towa... (more)

Battling upgrade out of Beaville, BNSF 8251 leads a southbound grain train out of Tunnel 3 and past the long-abandoned Tunnel 4 as it works its way toward Cliff and Tunnel 5. Drones have not opene... (more)

A long Roseville to West Colton manifest works through Bealville in the late morning.

On March 14, 2005, an eastbound BNSF freight climbs through Bealville, California, on the trip over Tehachapi Pass. The train is led by new GE ES44DC No. 7667, one of a handful of BNSF GEVOs in He... (more)

Two BNSF GEs shove on the rear of a southbound freight train as it climbs Tehachapi Pass at Bealville, CA just after sunrise on a beautiful spring morning.

Sunny day at Bealville as a very long Union Pacific train heads down the hill, it can be seen in tunnels 3 and 5 and around the corner.

A Union Pacific freight passes through tunnel 5 and 3 at Bealville, while the sun pokes through a break in the clouds.

Eastbound BNSF climbs the hill at Allard, the tail end can be seen on the distance quite a bit lower.