A westbound stack train goes in the hole at Shawmut in the last minutes of daylight. The desert floor becomes covered in the mountain shadows and the silhouettes of the wide spread mountains in th... (more)

An extremely uncommon sight on Union Pacific in Southern Arizona is a Canadian Pacific locomotive, let alone leading. So this was an awesome treat for me, even though it’s still another GE.

Two trains meet at Monolith in the last rays of light after a partly cloudy day. A cloud partially covers the mountain, with a low cloud hovering by lonesome.

A colorful Eastbound international stack train curves through the sandy rock cuts near Kinter siding. Interestingly, while the train was still moving, the conductor got out and climbed the nose la... (more)

The DPU's of an extremely heavy EB coal train fight the 1.2% grade through Shawmut in the last sunset of 2017.

The last sunrise of September 2017 starts with a lengthy and heavy mixed freight train, battling up a small hill before entering Needles yard. Here, the train is about to crossover the Colorado ri... (more)

A Union Pacific Auto Rack climbs up hill through the curves of Shawmut. The desert floor is the only place left with sunlight, as the sun fades behind the mountains that surround. This train has t... (more)

The DPU of a Northbound intermodal is greeted by a blast of sunlight through the clouds. To the South/East are storm cells emerging in the skies and rain falling a little further uphill towards Te... (more)

After a morning of dark and thick fog from cold temperatures and nearly a week of rain, the sun finally pushes through with low clouds and fog still hovering just west of Cable. Here, a Grain trai... (more)

2 BNSF trains meet at the winding and twisting curves of Cable on UP’s Mojave Sub. The manifest on the right had to wait for 3 trains but this was the last one, and luckily for me, the sun came ... (more)

A ballast train sitting in the Tehachapi Siding (3rd track siding) in the golden glint of last light.

Looking down on the hills, the huge West Colton to Roseville California manifest glides down the 2% grade of Tehachapi threading through tunnels 1 and 2. The early morning light facing straight Ea... (more)

After nearly a week of rainfall in the Southern California LA Basin, myself and a friend begun our week long vacation with sunny skies and leftover clouds. On the first day we shot some angles aro... (more)

UP 1943 leading a 20 car passenger special through the curves of Cable on UP’s Mojave Subdivision.

Since everyone is posting photos of 1943 on the East side I wanted to share my photo of a 20 car special on Tehachapi Pass. Here is when we first caught it entering Tunnel 2 between Caliente and B... (more)