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)