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)

The rear half of an eastbound BNSF intermodal train climbing the grade up Tehachapi Pass at Bealville, California, is made up of exclusively trailer-on-flat-car (TOFC) tonnage as the train snakes ... (more)

A lengthy eastbound BNSF intermodal train climbs the grade up toward Tehachapi Pass at Bealville, California, on February 24, 2016. Leading the train toward the horseshoe curve at Allard is CREX N... (more)

Quite literally snaking its way downgrade, a northbound Union Pacific intermodal train, likely bound for Brooklyn, Oregon, makes its way through Bealville with the head-end closing in on northern ... (more)