A hot shot Z9 intermodal train races down Goffs Hill, through Arrowhead Junction, as it prepares to overtake a stack train at Ibis before reaching the crew change location of Needles, Calif.

Canadian power leads a stack train west on BNSF's Needles Sub.

BNSF ES44C4 8248 climbs the stiff grade towards the top of the hill at Goffs leading a Z LPKLAC west.

BNSF's Z-LPKLAC climbs up main #1 west of Ibis while Z-WSPSBD gives chase on main #2.

A pair of Z trains charge westward up Goffs Hill on Main #1 (Z LPKLAC6 09) and Main #2 (Z WSPSBD3 09). The hotter of the two trains heading for San Bernardino would take the lead at West Goffs.

High priority intermodal from Willow Springs near Chicago heads west for San Bernardino.

H GALBAR9 08 climbs Goffs Hill west of Ibis on BNSF's Needles Sub.

Two westbound BNSF trains race up the 1.4% grade of Goffs Hill as they traverse the new triple-track section of the Needles Sub. On Main One, a Logistic Park Chicago, IL to Long Beach (Pier T), CA... (more)

A wild consist heads east on the Needles Sub.

BNSF ES44DC 7486 climbs up Goffs Hill with a westbound Z train.

6 BNSF GEs wrap around Main #1 just west of Ibis on the Needles Sub with a hot westbound Z train.

BNSF C44-9W 4120 teams up with CN SD70M-2s 8000 and 8935, BNSF C44-9W 4445 and CP AC4400CW 9727 leading a Barstow-Pasco manifest east on the Needles Sub.

BNSF ES44C4 7027 leads a Chicago-Stockton Q train west on the busy Needles Sub on the less steep but longer in distance Main #1 between Ibis and Homer. Main #2 is in the foreground.

NS ES44AC 8005 climbs the hill west of Ibis on BNSF's Needles Sub with a stack train for Barstow in tow.

A Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z-train charges around the curve of Arrowhead Jct. as it has no issues battling the grade of Goffs Hill. While the Willow Springs to North Bay intermodal serv... (more)