The mid-train Distributed Power consist provides dynamic braking to assist the grain trains descent down Tehachapi Pass.

BNSF 1003 makes it's way out of Bealville and will soon enter tunnel 3.

An empty unit steel train rolls through Bealville as it makes it's way to Pittsburg, CA for loading.

UP's ZLTLA works up grade as its about to enter Tunnel #2 at Bealville.

One of BNSF's new 6700 series ES44C4's leads a short Richmond to Barstow manifest at Tunnel 2 in the Tehachapi's.

Four GEs lead this Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z train down Tehachapi Pass as they snake around to Bealville.

The northbound Lathrop Z train makes its way down the hill at Bealville with dynamics at full blast.

A BNSF westbound takes the siding at Bealville as an eastbound right around the corner. The Bealville siding is the longest on the mountain, comming in at 13,270 ft long. If the trains are short e... (more)

Southbound stacks work through Bealville as there about to enter tunnel 3.

BNSF 1045 leads a southbound manifest with 2 CN units up grade as they are about to enter tunnel #2 at Bealville.

Putting some pizzaz into a Friday morning, UP 1996 evokes the spirit of the Espee as it snarls through Bealville with a West Colton-bound manifest. I'm afraid it won't be long until the other SP c... (more)

A two unit BNSF manifest has just popped out of Tunnel 3 at Bealville and is digging into the grade towards Tehachapi Loop.

An long intermodal train is decending Tehachapi grade and is about to duck into Tunnel 3. The cars directly above the engine are just coming out of Tunnel 5 at Cliff.

A long BNSF intermodal train is winding down Tehachapi Pass near Bealville. The locomotives are about to enter Tunnel 3, the train is passing through Tunnel 5 directly above the lead unit and the... (more)

A southbound manifest, after waiting in the Bealville siding, gets its turn to climb the mountain on its way to points south as it blasts out of Tunnel 3.