A westbound Z train flies into the yard at Barstow late on a beautiful summer evening in the California mountains.
Electro Motive Divisions F9 462 was on one end of a set of test equipment in Santa Fe's Barstow diesel facility.
A Union Pacific coal train rounds a curve as it makes its way toward Barstow on the BNSF Needles subdivision.
BNSF 7244 head east out of Barstow under a flaming sky.
BNSF 558 leads the Cadiz Local west past Daggett as the sun sets on a hot summer day.
ATSF freight passing Barstow station area
One of many eastbound Z Trains departs Barstow for points East on the Transcon. Behind the 4 GE's is a nice matched cut of J.B. Hunt containers.
UP 844 thunders across the high desert on the way back from visiting New Mexico and Arizona.
Taken during GP60M No. 100's maiden eastbound voyage, this close-up shows the consoles that present and control the radio channel, brake pipe pressure, battery power level, windshield wipers, etc.... (more)
Locomotives that once worked for the BN idle at BNSF's Locomotive Maintenance & Inspection Terminal in Barstow Yard.
Unique Santa Fe Baldwin/EMD rebuild 1460, also known as the "Beep", on display at the Western America Railroad Museum, Barstow.
Four 20-cylinder EMD locomotives idle in front of the shops.
Santa Fe shop workers hand polish a pair of SD75Ms in the Light Repair Shop.
Workmen load test an SD24 outside the shops. How they can hear each other talking is beyond me, because the sound of the notched-out 567 prime mover is deafening!
