A clean ES44DC leads the inbound KCKBAR with a CSX unit third in the consist. BNSF 7283 lead the BARKCK earlier that week.

A Chicago bound stack train heads by the "small town" of Amboy.

2 EMD Warbonnets and a pooled NS unit lead race across the Mojave Desert with a Oakland bound stack train.

Late afternoon finds a Westbound intermodal working under the WBCS control signals at Amboy in the Mojave Desert.

Westbound export grain traverses the barren desert landscape around Amboy, California. Lava from Amboy Crater, a dormant volcano, covers much of the land in this area.

A westbound in run 8 pours on the power coming downhill into Amboy in attempt to gain some speed for the long up to Ash Hill.

Lava flows from Amboy Crater dot the landscape along the BNSF in the Mojave Desert.

A Westbound intermodal heads downgrade into Amboy.

BNSF 8279 (a unique sight on the point of Z train in SoCal) still sporting a clean coat of Warbonnet paint races across the desert floor at Amboy for Needles and points east. more)

Only the shiney tops of BNSF's main line rails are visible at dusk.

The westbound return leg of the Cadiz Local blasts through Amboy after making its interchange with the A&C train at Cadiz. more)