The sunset shines off of tank cars in the desert.

Having made their pickup off the Arizona & California, the Cadiz Local returns west through Amboy at sunset behind four B40-8Ws.

Bolo - [Winter Solstice +1 Series] - As the sun sets in the West the day following the Winter Solstice, an eastbound bare table train climbs Bolo Hill toward Cadiz. On this day, the s... (more)

“Santa Fe All The Way” Officially a BNSF movement, this westbound premium intermodal train loaded with goods for the Christmas holiday streaks past Amboy, CA at the maximum authorized spee... (more)

With its fresh paint gleaming in the late afternoon sun, BNSF 7198 leads a westbound stack train out of Amboy, mid-way in its trip across the Mojave Desert.

The Santa Fe Railway and Route 66 were nearly synonymous, since much of the Santa Fe paralleled the "Mother Road." On February 3rd, 2014, BNSF Railway train Q-NYCLAC1-01A (Guaranteed Service Inte... (more)

Four at West Amboy - A West bound earthworm (grain train) sits in the hole at West Amboy while a westbound stack train approaches from the rear. An eastbound auto train can be seen cli... (more)

5 BNSF B40-8W's on the Cadiz Turn perform work at Amboy, CA as the Z-WSPSBD9-09L passes a stack train tucked away in the siding at Ludlow, CA on 3/11/13.

A westbound loaded grain train races through Amboy on a hot April afternoon.

If I close my eyes, it sounds like the 1990s. BNSF 4064 doesn't not have the traditional K3LA Dash 9 Horn. It has a RS3L, the horn on most ATSF units. This is the first time in years I've heard a ... (more)

8 units power this eastbound auto train as it enters the small desert outpost of Amboy.

After taking the siding at Amboy for a fleet of hotter trains to pass, BNSF 7080 West is again on the move as it climbs out of Amboy.

With only about 20 minutes of light left, BNSF 7207 leads a hot Z8 across the Mojave desert through Amboy as it chases a heavy 10,000 foot stack train up Ash Hill.

Crossing historic Route 66 (the National Trails Highway) in Amboy, California, is BNSF ethanol train G-CNBRIC7-02A (Loaded Unit Grain - which is how BNSF symbols ethanol trains since ethanol is ma... (more)