It is 7:59 pm (19:59) ... and still 91ºF (32.7ºC), as this is the Mojave Desert, after all! ... and Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, meeting an eastbound BNSF ... (more)

UP 7166 leads a short eastbound ZLBDV at Hodge.

UP's Yermo to Montclair manifest heads west on the Cajon Sub at Hodge.

UP 6675 leads the ZLBDV across the Cajon Sub just east of Hodge.

A clean UP 4802 leads a West Colton to North Platte freight at Hodge. Unusual to find an SD70 leading on this train.

Having returned to home rails in a resplendent rendition of its bicentennial paint scheme, ATSF 5704 rides the head-end of BNSF Z train as it rolls west near Hodge on its journey to its new home a... (more)

ATSF 5704 has returned to home rails, painted in a spectacular rendition of the bicentennial colors it once wore for the 1976 anniversary, as it rolls west on a Z train ultimately bound for the So... (more)

San Diego to Barstow tonnage behind BNSF 3685 slows to a stop at Hodge, account Barstow being in meltdown.

BNSF and NS power bring up the rear of a Chicago bound stack train at the Hinkley Rd crossing.

An eastbound baretable train heads out of Hodge as they close in on Barstow at sunset.

A pair of NS motors lead a westbound ZAUGSBD7 as it approaches the Hinkley Rd crossing at Hodge.

A pair of NS units lead a westbound QNYCLAC at Hodge on the Cajon Sub.

A westbound Q train heads out of Barstow in the late afternoon.

134 Years In The Making. The desolate, desert community of Hodge, Calif. briefly feels tremors caused by the weight of a 1.2 million pound steam locomotive, UP 4014, as the 1941-built, 4-8-... (more)

BNSF 3275 leads an eastbound stack near Hodge in the early morning.