Amtrak train 36, the Desert Wind, heading to Ogden, Utah, from Los Angeles, is passing through the rocky Lower Narrows of the Mojave River. (Victorville, California – October 5, 1980)

The engineer on a westbound Union Pacific freight waves to the conductor of a UP local who is performing a "roll by" inspection as the freight passes through the Mojave Desert behind SP ... (more)

Mojave Northern SE32C diesel 419 brings a nineteen-car string of 3-bay hopper cars (built by Freight Car America) from the Black Mountain Quarry to the Victorville Cement Plant, about mile ahead. ... (more)

With Quartzite Mountain as a backdrop, Mojave Northern SE32C diesel 419 brings a nineteen-car string of 3-bay hopper cars (built by Freight Car America) from the Black Mountain Quarry to the plant... (more)

Local power sits in the BNSF yard in Victorville. In the foreground is ES44C4 7165 (teamed with ES44DC 732-something … that fourth digit was obscured). This power is assigned to BNSF Local R-C... (more)

BNSF's Fontana (Kaiser) to Barstow local passes through the "moonscape" at the northern end of Victorville, California, on November 6th, 2014. A pair of GE ES44DC diesels (7772 and 7731... (more)

Union Pacific 2-10-2 5529 is seen at Victorville California in 1933. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

BNSF train to San Bernardino.

What's the 411? Cemex/SWPC (SouthWest Portland Cement) SDP35 411 (ex-Seaboard Coast Line 1962, exx-SCL 612, née-Seaboard Air Line 1111, EMD, 9/1964) sits at the Victorville, California fac... (more)

A westbound merchandise freight crosses the flyover at Frost. Trailing units are GP9 2292, GP20 3060, GP50 3818, SF30C 9519 and D8-40CW 855. Bringing up the rear are SD45 5349 and F45 5957.

Tucked into the small yard in Victorville is a local with BNSF ES44C4 8173 (and another GEVO) for power. (Victorville, California – February 15, 2024)

Sitting in Victorville, opposite the Amtrak platforms, are a pair of BNSF Railway diesels – Dash 9-44CW 4096 and ES44C4 8203 – assigned to train R-CAL0041-14I, the Victorville Local. The cars... (more)

While the big H20-44s were working the road trains this unit had to stay home and perform the mundane switching jobs. Much appreciation to SWPC for permission to shoot, etc.

New Cemex power for the Victorville operation.

UP 8503 slowly eases across the Mojave River into Victorville as it utilizes one of the two steel trusses here that would be on to be scrapped and replaced with concrete structures in the years fo... (more)