With the town of Mojave in the distance, a Roseville to West Colton junk manifest sprints across the high desert toward Lancaster and a trip down the Palmdale Cutoff through Cajon Pass.
Remarkable how well this paint has held up after 11 years. BNSF 762 and a fellow warbonnet lead a general merchandise freight west through Goffs on a clear winter day in the desert.
A winter evening in the desert finds a westbound shooter approaching the National Trails Hwy. overpass as sunset approaches on the BNSF Needles Sub.
A clear winter morning in the desert finds a heavy BNSF westbound with mix of doublestack containers and trailers stretched out on the big curve at Klondike on the former ATSF Needles District.
Near the Colorado River crossing on BNSF's Seligman Sub, an eastbound general merchandise freight approaches Topock as it rolls through Park Moabi with an interesting mix of color schemes up front... (more)
Glint shot in Mojave desert.
A westbound manifest pounds the air as it attacks the grade between Ludlow and Lavic.
As the shadow of Mt. Ludlow encroaches toward the mainline, a westbound BNSF Z train makes its way through town on a late afternoon in the Mojave Desert.
During the last light of the day, a westbound high priority TOFC train takes the north track at Klondike on BNSF's Needles Sub.
An eastbound BNSF intermodal makes good time through Park Moabi as it approaches the Colorado River bridge crossing at Topock.
A late winter afternoon on BNSF's Needles Sub finds a westbound grain train led by BNSF 7777 approaching the desert outpost at Fenner.
A chilly December afternoon in southern California's high desert finds a manifest train tied down in the siding at Sanborn on BNSF's Mojave Sub.
With a fresh crew onboard, BNSF 7736 departs Needles with a westbound stack train to begin the run across the Mojave Desert to Barstow.
On a winter morning along the old Los Angeles & Salt Lake Route, an empty coal train heads east through Nipton, less than 20 miles west of the California/Nevada stateline.
With a CN cowl unit lending a hand, a loaded westbound auto train rumbles through Ludlow on BNSF's Needles Sub.
