A pair of NS GE's lug a long QNYCLAC upgrade at Hesperia.

A late running westbound Southwest Chief with #160 leading.

Union Pacific SD40-2 3786 leads another SD40-2 and a U30C – a typical locomotive lash-up in the 1980s – on a westbound freight heading for Los Angeles. (Hesperia, California – December 6, 19... (more)

BNSF Railway train B-CSXLAC6-23 ("B" is for Boring … er … Baretable) hustles its way west from the CSX Interchange (in Chicago) to Los Angeles. A pair of Dash 9-44CWs, 1000 (nearly ... (more)

NS power leads a westbound QNYCLAC towards Cajon Pass passing Hesperia.

BNSF 9736 leads a long BEMPLAC between Victorville and Hesperia.

An Eastbound BNSF intermodal train is seen rounding the bend and cresting the summit of Cajon Pass with some Canadian power in the lashup. The photo is taken from the historic overlook on the side... (more)

An Eastbound BNSF intermodal train is seen rounding the bend and cresting the summit of Cajon Pass with some Canadian power in the lashup. The photo is taken from the historic overlook on the side... (more)

An Eastbound BNSF intermodal train is seen rounding the bend and cresting the summit of Cajon Pass. The photo is taken from the overlook on the side of Highway 138. The San Gabriel Mountains provi... (more)

An Eastbound BNSF autorack train is seen cresting the summit of Cajon Pass. The San Gabriel Mountains provide a spectacular backdrop. The train will now descend the East side of the pass toward Ba... (more)

An Eastbound BNSF Z-Train is seen passing Hill 582, just a couple miles from the Summit of Cajon Pass at an area known as Alray. The San Gabriel Mountains provide quite the backdrop at this locati... (more)

An unexpected trip to Southern California after an international trip fell through meant that my first train photos of 2022 were on Cajon Pass, a location that I have wanted to go for a long time.... (more)

ISCLB grinds up Cajon Pass in the late evening.

There are just 47 miles left to go in BNSF train H-SDGBAR1-20’s 200ish-mile trip from the beaches of San Diego to high desert of Barstow. Today’s High Priority Merchandise train is powered by... (more)