The Houston, TX to Los Angeles, CA stack train crawls at snail pace up out of Needles to the summit at Goffs as more slow westbound tail gate behind this heavy land barge.

After an afternoon of high thin cirrus clouds, the sun is just moments from setting, resting above the high desert horizon as BNSF 5027 west leads a stack train toward Barstow along the BNSF Trans... (more)

Adjacent to Historic Route 66, a westbound Z train led by a quartet of BNSF widecabs struggles upgrade at Ibis, nearing the summit at Goffs. Once successfully making it over one of the most signif... (more)

Drifting into the desert at track speed, the DPU's of a westbound intermodal train catch the last color of the evening sunset, made perfect by the clouds on an approaching storm front.

A BNSF manifest rolls east along the Needles Sub, as it approaches Ludlow.

2 units lead a fast moving westbound along Route 66 near Newberry Springs.

Thick clouds ahead of a storm front resulted in diffused light for much of the day, though a partial clearing near sunset and the low sun angle resulted in an incredible series of colors near the ... (more)

Leaning into the super elevated curves along the BNSF Transcon east of Ludlow, a Needles bound intermodal train sports a reasonably clean C4 on the point.

A westbound intermodal destined for Barstow and Los Angeles makes track speed over the BNSF Transcon near Ash Hill, westbound on the Needles Subdivision.

Three GEs lead a westbound BNSF stack train as it works up the stiff grade at Ash Hill on the Needles Subdivision.

The sun has just climbed over the horizon on a brisk 27 degree morning in the Mojave Desert, west of Ludlow. A westbound BNSF baretable train has broken the silence, as it catches the first light ... (more)

With the morning sun just a few degrees over the eastern horizon a westbound BNSF intermodal train races across the roller coaster profile of the Needles Subdivision at Pisgah.

What appears to be one very long Z train is actually two trains, a westbound and an eastbound Z train meeting on the double track BNSF Needles Subdivision near Goffs with the famous Route 66 in th... (more)

BNSF 6727 crests the summit of Ash Hill.

A new Ferromex SD70ace add's a much needed splash of color to the sea of orange pumpkins along the Needles Sub, as this westbound climbs towards Ash Hill.