A pair of Norfolk Southern units lead a westbound rack train across the Mojave Desert near Arrowhead Junction, westbound on Santa Fe's Needles Subdivision to Barstow.

Every once in awhile, you'll have some good luck... Numerous times on this trip to NAU's orientation, my father and I stopped to photograph trains. Waiting up to two hours to catch one trai... (more)

Three General Electric motors struggle up Goff Hill as they pull over a mile of intermodel containers through Arrowhead Jct near Ibis.

On a clear January afternoon, two pristine new ES44C4's lead a westbound stack train up Goffs Hill. Most of the trip across the Mojave Desert still lies ahead.

A Logistic Park Chicago, IL to Long Beach Pier T, CA struggles up the hill towards Goff as it rolls through Arrowhead Jct.

BNSF 7693 leads a long container train up the switchbacks climbing out of Ibis as the train approaches the grade crossing at Arrowhead Junction. The DPUs at the end of this long train can be seen... (more)

The DPU's on the end of a westbound keep shoving on the way upgrade from Needles.

After receiving a Needles-Barstow recrew at Needles, a westbound rack train led by BNSF C44-9W, No. 5120 glides across the Mojave Desert near Arrowhead Junction on the BNSF Transcon.

As a storm front approaches from the west, a small pocket of sunshine illuminates an upgrade westbound stack train near Arrowhead Junction on BNSF's exceptionally active Needles Subdivision.

A heavy 10,000 FT stack train struggles up the grade across Arrowhead Junction as a clean 6800 series C4 gets ready to pull its train into the hole at Goffs to let some hot UPS Z trains over take ... (more)

As storms brew in the background near Needles, a westbound hot Z train charges across the Mojave Desert near Arrowhead Junction.

BNSF 750 leads a westbound stack train up grade as it approaches the grade crossing at Arrowhead Junction (West Ibis).

Red at night, railfans' delight. An incredible sunset provided a spectacular end to an incredible day spent by a group of Northwesterners on BNSF's Needles Sub on February 25th. This was ... (more)

Less than a month old, a sparkling BNSF ES44C4 leads a short westbound stack train up the stiff grade near Ibis. Westbounds were easy to come by on this beautiful Sunday, as the better part of the... (more)