A full moon has crested above a threatening thunderhead in the final 30 seconds of sunlight over the Mojave high desert. The cell is a part of a large winter storm system that brought snow to plac... (more)

BNSF SD75M 8205 W/B at Daggett.

C44-9W 4453 with SD75M 8230 w/b at West Daggett.

BNSF 4590 leads this eastbound TOFC train out of Barstow, at West Daggett, California on March 01, 2008.

BNSF 4183 has an eastbound vehicle train on the former Santa Fe mainline across the Mojave Desert at Newberry, California.

Five miles east of Barstow, and approaching Daggett, this westbound doublestack is pulled by three C44-9W's and an ex-Santa Fe C40-8W 842.

A battered ex-Santa Fe Warbonnet leads a westbound intermodal near Barstow. (BNSF C40-8W 841, TFM SD70MAC 1670, C40-8W 829, and a new C44-9W 4361)

Westbound at Daggett near Barstow, BNSF C44-9W 745, C44-9W 1096 and C44-9W 4063.

ES44DC 7605, ES44DC 7518, C44-9W 4603 and ex-BN SD60M 8196.

Eastbound at Siberia, CA four BNSF GE's leads a TOFC train in the Mojave Desert on February 28, 2008.

A lone orange GEVO pulls the notorious steel coil train across the Mojave Desert as it rounds the curve of Ludlow as it prepares to climb the grade towards Pisgah; and on into Barstow.

Four for the Price of One! Traffic is starting to backup at along the Needles Subdivision at Bolo Hill. Following right on the heals of another eastbound train, BNSF 5529 pulls a San Berna... (more)

The golden hour light illuminates the cab of the BNSF 8160 as this long pool, hot shot train charges up the grade through Arrowhead Jct. Once the blind sun dips below the horizon, this crew will c... (more)

A hot Z9 train has no problem tackling the grade of Goffs Hill with its 5.3 horsepower per ton ratio as it has to notch off the throttle for the 30 MPH curve between Ibis and Arrowhead Jct on main... (more)

BNSF 8336 approaches the grade crossing at Cadiz as the last bit of day turns into night.