Train Derailment -Tehachapi - Kern County

21 double-stacked cars jump track west of Tehachapi - Waiting for your UPS Package?

Twenty-one cars of an eastbound double-stacked BNSF freight train jumped the tracks early Thursday morning in a remote area three miles east of Bealeville between Tehachapi and Bakersfield.

According to Kern County Fire Department Captain Rod Pyle of Station 11, the engine and first and second cars of the train stayed on the track, while the 21 cars popped off, coming to a halt in the dirt still upright. Updated visual information later determined that the toppled cars were further back.

The train derailed at 4:12 a.m., according to Pyle.

He said the train was carrying no hazardous materials and there was no emergency situation involving injury or fire.

The derailment is in a location known to locals as “Cliff,” and is in the vicinity of tunnels seven and eight at railroad mile post 344.

The location of the derailment is just prior to a single-track section in an area where there have been other derailments.

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