Between Hodge and Barstow on the BNSF Cajon Sub, an eastbound UP intermodal sprints across the Hinkley Road grade crossing on a clear morning in southern California's high desert.
A weekend Metrolink commuter train approaches Tunnel 19 in Soledad Canyon with a leased BNSF AC4400CW leading the consist eastbound on the ex-SP Saugus Line.