The California sun starts to set at CP Homer along the Needles Subdivision as the BNSF 7860 leads it westbound auto train hot on the heals of a westbound land barge.
A hot Willow Springs bound Z train charges across the eastern Mojave Desert as the BNSF 4184 charges down the tracks at 70MPH.
A H1 C44-9W leads an empty grain down the tracks along Route 66 in the eastern Mojave Desert as it approaches Homer.
A Z1 chugs up the grade along the Needles sub as it heads west into the sun.
Another of BNSF's countless daily hot & fast Z trains races up hill towards the summit at Goffs on the Needles Sub.
late afternoon along the East end of the Needles Sub finds a Tulsa to Barstow manifest working hard up hill to the Summit at Goffs.
An endless line of ethanol tank cars greets the Mojave desert sunrise early on a Sunday morning west of Needles.
BNSF 1111 leads a long eastbound doublestack train downgrade through Homer, just about 30 minutes away from a crew change at Needles.
Homer, CA. Unfortunately no Marge.
Beautiful shot with this ES44DC working hard on lead of a heavy westbound climbing Goffs hill.
Climbing out of Ibis this train is rolling through Homer, outside of Needles.
