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)

Three 4,400 horsepower locomotives slowly grind away up the 1.4% grade of Goffs Hill near Arrowhead Junction. At 7,600' in length, the rear of the train can be seen as it rounds the curve that cre... (more)

The golden hour light illuminates the cab of the BNSF 8160 as this long pool, hot shot train charges up the grade through Arrowhead Jct. Once the blind sun dips below the horizon, this crew will c... (more)

A hot shot intermodal train races down Goffs Hill, through Arrowhead Jct, as it prepares to overtake a stack train at Ibis before reaching the crew's final destination of Needles, Calif.

As the last glow of sun rises over the western horizon, one of BNSF's Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA UPS trains begins it all night journey to across the Mojave Desert and into the Los Ange... (more)

BNSF 9089 leads a westbound intermodal through Ibis, CA on the BNSF Needles Sub.

A westbound Santa Fe train pulls the grade out of Needles in ATSF's last summer.

Late evening at Ibis with brand new 3786 west in screaming low light!