An eastbound vehicle train passes Klinefelter as it heads downgrade towards Needles.

A rapidly moving winter storm is moving eastward across the Mojave Desert. Dramatic clouds were forming just as quickly as the sun would start to set behind them. The potential of dramatic lightin... (more)

BNSF 987 leads a Chicago, IL to Stockton, CA intermodal train as it slowly grinds up the 1.4% grade out of Needles on Goffs Hill. These "H1" painted Dash-9s have started to make a comeba... (more)

Two westbound BNSF trains race up the 1.4% grade of Goffs Hill as they traverse the new triple-track section of the Needles Sub. On Main One, a Logistic Park Chicago, IL to Long Beach (Pier T), CA... (more)

Perhaps it came west to escape the cold. Norfolk Southern's Pennsylvania Railroad Heritage unit, ES44AC 8102, threads its way through the reverse curves at Siberia, in California's Mojave Desert,... (more)

With only a week left till Christmas, BNSF and UPS are rushing their last minute packages to be delivered before Christmas morning. During "Peak Season", the railroad adds extra trains t... (more)

A San Bernardino, CA to Willow Springs, IL waste no time climbing the 1% grade of Goffs Hill as the sound of six GE motors roar pass the control point of Fenner.

A pair of SD70ACe have escaped the coal fields of Wyoming and have made their way to the Southern Transcon as they shove a Galesburg, IL to Barstow, CA manifest over Goffs Hill.

Holding at West Daggett is BNSF Railway train U-RAVWAT7-12A, a unit train of tank cars full of ethanol, heading for the BNSF's Watson Yard, near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and near a... (more)

BNSF Railway Intermodal Stacks train S-FRESCO1-13A rolls under the West Daggett signal bridge as it approaches Barstow on its way from Fremont NE to Long Beach CA. With just 72 loaded cars, this ... (more)

BNSF 6976 leads an Alliance, TX to San Bernardino, CA Z-train through the new control point (CP) of Homer along BNSF's Needles Sub. This control point was added with crossover switches for the new... (more)

A Stockton, CA to Atlanta, GA Q-train runs down Goffs Hill on the newly built third main track as glint lightning reflects off of the BNSF 6818.

A Needles to San Bernardino "long pool" train climbs the grade of Ash Hill at Siberia as the the moon rises over a fading late November evening.

BNSF's version of the "Salad Shooter" is the Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z-train. With containers filled with frozen goods, what makes this train stand out over the rest of interm... (more)

Climbing out of Ludlow towards Ash Hill, five GE locomotives notch up as they hustle 73 UPS loads on a hot LA to Willow Srpings, IL Z6.