Christmas is less than a week away, so is the end of Peak Season. Last minute UPS packages are being traversed across the rails to arrive in time for Christmas morning. Here, the hot Willow Spring... (more)

Memphis-Stockton stacks climb through the desert behind a foreign leader.

CP AC4400CWM 8133 leads BNSF train Q MEMSTO6 10 into the rapidly setting sun on BNSF's Needles Sub.

BNSF ES44C4 7147 climbs westwards towards Goffs with a loaded military train.

Military loads head west towards Barstow at Homer on BNSF's Needles Sub.

BNSF ES44C4 6902 leads a hot Z train west.

BNSF ES44C4 8248 leads a westbound Z train on the Needles Sub near Homer.

A westbound BNSF Z train from Kansas City heads west on the Needles Sub near Homer.

Z WSPSBD3 09 chases Z LPKLAC6 09 up Goffs Hill near Homer on BNSF's Needles Sub.

Grain empties cross over from Main #2 to Main #1 at Homer on the recently opened triple track section of the Needles Sub between Needles and Goffs.

A rapidly moving winter storm is moving eastward across the Mojave Desert. Dramatic clouds were forming just as quickly as the sun would start to set behind them. The potential of dramatic lightin... (more)

BNSF 987 leads a Chicago, IL to Stockton, CA intermodal train as it slowly grinds up the 1.4% grade out of Needles on Goffs Hill. These "H1" painted Dash-9s have started to make a comeba... (more)

Mixed freight for Kansas City heads east on the Needles Sub near Homer.

BNSF 6976 leads an Alliance, TX to San Bernardino, CA Z-train through the new control point (CP) of Homer along BNSF's Needles Sub. This control point was added with crossover switches for the new... (more)

A Stockton, CA to Atlanta, GA Q-train runs down Goffs Hill on the newly built third main track as glint lightning reflects off of the BNSF 6818.