Working up hill out of Ludlow, westbound SLABAR passes Lavic on it's afternoon journey across the Needles Sub.

An eastbound stack train hustles through Lavic's vertical curvature as a westbound recedes into the distance.

A hot eastbound Santa Fe pig train with Fuel Foilers making up nearly its entire length smokes up the Mojave Desert as it roars through the hogbacks at Lavic.

A mixed freight adds a bit of variety to the continuous parade of stack trains heading over the Transcon, rolling and twisting over washes and hills in the Mojave seen from the sunny side. The wo... (more)

Rolling and twisting over washes and hills in the Mojave desert, and shadows falling about like a fence collapsing. The wonderful weather made this getaway worthwhile for some Northwest railfans ... (more)

Westbound tonnage with Ferromex and ex BN power work up the slight grade at Lavic.

Westbound tonnage heads towards Barstow as it passes through Lavic.

BNSF's first C4 #6600 is seen leading a Westbound on the Needles Sub.

The last rays of sunlight glint off an eastbound stack train in the Mojave Desert. Traffic on I-40 is visible in the background, and shows the efficiencies of loading hundreds of containers onto a... (more)

The setting sun glints off a freshly ground rail. The rail grinder was in the next siding when this shot was taken, and had passed through minutes earlier. From the patterns in the railhead, it ap... (more)

BNSF 7439 heads east in beautiful morning light.

An eastbound pig train heads downhill toward Ludlow, where it will begin the climb to the top of Ash Hill.

With the Bullion Mountains providing an arid backdrop, a westbound stack train negotiates the vertical curvature between Lavic and Pisgah.

5847 East speeds through a "sag" at Lavic as it sets a fast pace across the eastern Mojave Desert.

Santa Fe 3812 West, a vehicle train from the East, rolls over a rise in the alluvium at Lavic with the Bullion Mountains in the distance.