BNSF 8507 climbs upgrade toward Ash Hill while passing through Bagdad.

An afternoon thunderstorm resulted in cloud layers covering the hot Mojave Desert sun on this late spring day. Thinking our day of good light was over, the clouds began to shift as the sun started... (more)

BNSF 8237 leads a westbound stack train through Bagdad as it climbs upgrade toward Ash Hill.

BNSF 7601 works as the lone DP locomotive on the rear of the Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z-train. Though this train is light and short, Union Pacific train makeup rules for Tehachapi Pass p... (more)

Wasting no time racing up the track speed of 70 MPH, the hot LA to New York UPS train charges down the 1.5% grade of Ash Hill at Bagdad. Seven locomotives are on the headend of this high priority ... (more)

Four locomotives slug a long double-stack train across the Mojave Desert as it starts to climb the grade of Ash Hill near Bagdad.

Eastbound train QLACNSA races through Bagdad on the Needles Sub.

Grain empties cruise downhill towards Amboy heading for a grain elevator at Hebron, ND.

Alliance, TX priority intermodal speeds eastward on the Needles Sub.

A quartet of GEs hustle a Memphis destined Z train downhill near Bagdad.

The Los Angeles-Chicago Z8 charges east downhill towards Amboy.

Layover at Bagdad - [2013 Winter Solstice +1 Series] - An eastbound stack train rolls past the debris from the August 24, 2013, derailment at Bagdad California where a number of empty cars ... (more)

A hot eastbound Z train lead by BNSF 8327 and a pair of NS units blow through Bagdad in the late morning.

Eastbound at Bagdad -There is a new waypoint sign at Bagdad that I have never seen before.

An eastbound Santa Fe intermodal kicks it into high gear along Route 66 between Bagdad and Amboy, California, in the Mojave Desert along Santa Fe’s Needles Subdivision. A pair each of GE B40-8Ws... (more)