ATSF F45 5911 at the service area of the old Barstow yard and shops

A view on the large BNSF freight yard from Barstow hill on a cold winter sunday morning. In the foreground the 48 classification tracks, behind the hump and the 10 recieving tracks. In the middle ... (more)

A quartet of sixaxle GE's of BNSF (ES44DC # 7893, ES44C4 # 6836, C44-9W # 4132 and ES44DC # 7667) are leaving Barstow's yard with a doublestack eastbound, while the yard shunters SD40-2 # 1851 and... (more)

"Kodachrome" (failed SPSF merger) painted 7497 still has its air baffles attached to the handrails on the rear of the unit.

UP MWCNP 26 arrives at Barstow off the BNSF Cajon Sub with four relatively older units (compared to the GEVOs that dominate these region) on the head end. The train is nearing the end of its run o... (more)

BNSF's first westbound loaded Oil train for the new facility at Levee near Bakersfield is adding 3 swing helpers to the middle for the trip over the Tehachapi Mountains.

One of UP's fresh looking 9900's leads this westbound braetable on the BNSF Cajon Sub as it passes through Valley Jct.

CP 9510 pushes this westbound S train towards the Barstow Terminal.

The Z-WSPSBD7 heads past the historic Santa Fe depot in Barstow as an V-BLUSBD3 auto train waits for a slot into the yard.

A westbound Z train slowly eases by Casa del Desierto, the old Santa Fe depot and Harvey House in Barstow. Shortly the Z train will transfer over to the Cajon Sub for the final leg of its run to S... (more)

BNSF re-numbered SD75M 263 at Barstow. Photo taken with permission with full PPE.

BNSF re-numbered SD60M 1440 at Barstow. Photo taken with permission with full PPE.

A Z train passes the venerable Harvey House and ATSF station in downtown Barstow CA.

A former Marine 44t and a former Santa Fe FP45 are seen here in this view of the Western American Railroad Museum.