While one doesn't normally venture out to the Mojave Desert during summer months, this past weekend offered below normal temperatures. As a result, a trip out to the Needles Subs was in order. Moi... (more)

A CSX interchange via North Baltimore, OH to the Port of Los Angeles intermodal train emerges out of the shadows of Crozier Canyon as it heads west towards Valentine. Though trains destined for po... (more)

A westbound baretable races up to 70 MPH as it traverses through a rock cut between switches at Valentine.

A pair of UP locomotives lead a westbound baretable train through Valentine on a warm spring evening.

The Z-SBDWSP2 races down Goffs Hill towards Needles after racing across the Mojave Desert.

The hot LA to Willow Springs UPS train races down Goffs Hill at Klinefelter as the crew nears their destination of Needles after taking the train over 300 miles from Hobart Yard.

Running 11 hours and 30 minutes behind schedule out of Needles, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief climbs Goffs Hill at Klinefelter with BNSF 7145 on the point.

A spring rain storm is starting to lighting up around Crozier Canyon, AZ . The sound of rain is being overshadowed by the sounds of heavy dynamic braking motors as they hold back a heavy train on ... (more)

NS 4002, one of Norfolk Southern's DC to AC rebuilt locomotives, descends down the grade between Crozier Canyon and Valentine as it leads a San Bernardino, CA bound Z-train. Unlike Norfolk Souther... (more)

An afternoon thunderstorm resulted in cloud layers covering the hot Mojave Desert sun on this late spring day. Thinking our day of good light was over, the clouds began to shift as the sun started... (more)

A Memphis, TN to Long Beach, CA stack train battles the 1.4% grade of Ash Hill as it climbs Main 1 through the tight curves of Klondike. The different color of dirt along the tracks is the new roa... (more)

A pair of Dash 9 locomotives bring up the rear of the Stockton, CA to Atlanta, GA intermodal train as it grinds up the 1.4% grade into Crozier Canyon.

A Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest train as it climbs the 1.4% grade towards Crozier Canyon. Trailing in the lead consist is BNSF 639 & BNSF 973. Both units have been picked apart, with gaps ... (more)

A Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest train as it climbs the 1.4% grade towards Crozier Canyon. Trailing in the lead consist is BNSF 639 & BNSF 973. Both units have been picked apart, with gaps ... (more)

A GE AC4400CW leads the Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest train as it climbs the 1.4% grade towards Crozier Canyon. Trailing in the lead consist is BNSF 639 & BNSF 973. Both units have been pi... (more)