BNSF 4901 drops downgrade through Bealville. The train is about to enter Tunnel 2 on Tehachapi Pass.

One of the first ES44C4's is on the point of a hot shot San Bernardino bound Z train as it races across the Needles Sub at Newberry Springs on a hot September day.

The 5273 and two other dash 9's run elephant style out of Hackberry in the late evening sun.

Three pumpkins lead a Houston, TX to Los Angeles, CA stack train through Hodge after getting re-crewed at Barstow.

UP 5366 North grings up the 2.2% grade on the Palmdale Cutof as it passes the south switch at Canyon.

UP's West Colton to Roseville manifest passes through North Dike as it makes its way into Cajon Pass.

The dynamic brakes are whining to hold this long stack train to the posted speed as it drops towards the horseshoe curve at caliente

Pulling for all their worth, three big six-axles lug a 157 car Q324 out of Defiance, passing Hires Cemetery just outside of town. Just a few moments later, the sun would dip below the horizon, end... (more)

BNSF 7450 leads its eastbound hot shot through Hesperia on a cold and windy morning in the Mojave Desert.

CN 369's train led by CN 8901, all elephant style just about to clear the diamond at Doncaster just west of us.

An eastbound stack train roars its way out of Sullivans Curve as it continues its assault on Cajon. In another four miles the Summit will be reached and the train will pick up speed as it heads to... (more)

An extra West Colton, CA to Roseville, CA manifest waits in the hole at Ansel. A southbound manifest is approaching the siding with the sun already behind the mountains leaving an impressive impri... (more)

At Frost, just south of Victorville, California, the old Santa Fe mainline has a "natural" crossover in order to have trains orient trains for the left-hand running typical on Cajon Pass, a few mi... (more)

Four pumpkins head west, elephant style, on a Chicago, IL to San Bernardino, CA high priority intermodal train as it rolls through East Flagstaff.