A pair of NS units lead a westbound QNYCLAC upgrade at Lavic, on the Needles Sub.
The lone DP motor shoves the rear of a Barstow, CA to Tulsa, OK manifest train through Park Moabi as a thunder storm hits the Mohave Valley area.
A Barstow to Tulsa manifest train leaves the Needles area as spring rain shower forms over the Mohave Valley area; seen from Park Moabi. With the division point changing to the state line, is sect... (more)
Highball the Roll-by... Dusk has settled in and the temperature drops at the summit of Goffs Hill; located in the eastern Mojave Desert. Here, a Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA intermodal tr... (more)
Racing down Ash Hill at nearly 70 MPH are three GE motors with a San Diego, CA to Clovis, NM vehicle train as they approach Amboy. As the sun sets; it was 110 degrees on this summer evening.
With only a couple of miles left till the summit of Ash Hill, four GE motors hustle a long pool Z-train up the steep grade as the crew races towards the final destination of San Bernardino, CA.
Westbound traffic is starting to back up along the Needles Sub, near Cadiz, as a Chicago, IL to Stockton, CA intermodal train catches yellow signals due to slower trains climbing Bolo and Ash Hill... (more)
As the sun sets along the BNSF's Needles Sub, located in the eastern Mojave Desert, a hotshot Z-train charges up the one percent grade of Goffs Hill.
The hot New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA UPS train slowly creeps up to the signal of East Goffs as it waits for the switches to bend back to normal position. The switches were bent to let an eastbo... (more)
An eight engine power move from Tulsa, OK to Watson Yard, CA races across the Needles Sub as it passes through Essex.
Three 4,400 horsepower locomotives slowly grind away up the 1.4% grade of Goffs Hill near Arrowhead Junction. At 7,600' in length, the rear of the train can be seen as it rounds the curve that cre... (more)
Late afternoon finds a hot westbound Z approaching the Route 66 crossing at Amboy.
NS 4168 leads the eastbound ZSTOCHI between Ash Hill and Siberia.
BNSF 9155 leads a fast moving ZALTSBD up Ash Hill.
An eastbound manifest passes Ash Hill with BNSF 6333 leading the Clovis bound train.
