Union Pacific's "Big Boy" steam locomotive, No. 4014, gets the chance to stretch its legs on the winding desert floor as it passes through the community of Hodge. The original AT&SF righ... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 has just departed Barstow, CA en route to West Colton on day 2 of a passenger excursion to benefit the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California, which had displayed the l... (more)

Santa Fe tried many combinations of locomotives to pull it's York Canyon, NM to Kaiser Steel in Fontana, CA coal trains, often in solid sets. One of the last combos they used was six of their ten ... (more)

It is 8:00 pm (20:00) and 91º F (32.7º C) at milepost 14.3 on BNSF's Cajon Subdivision and the sun is touching the western horizon as Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, passes b... (more)

In early morning, but running about four hours late, the westbound Southwest Chief is running on the left hand track shortly after its station stop in Barstow. A westbound manifest has stopped sh... (more)

UP 3001 leads a westbound Salt Lake to Long Beach intermodal at Hodge on the Cajon Sub.

BNSF 4251 along with an NS unit, lead the QNYCLAC near Oro Grande.

UP's Salt Lake City to Long Beach intermodal passes through Hodge on the Cajon Sub.

UP's West Colton to North Platte manifest heads east in the early morning on the Cajon Sub.

Racing Along the Cajon Sub east of Helendale, BNSF 3980 leads this SLHTLDR towards Barstow.

BNSF 3856 east leads the ZLACCHI between Helendale and Hodge.

Still in warbonnet paint, BNSF 668 brings up the rear of the SLBTLPC at Hodge.

BNSF 9253 leads this eastbound stack train near Hodge on the Cajon Sub.

UP 2602 along with a couple pool units from CP and NS lead a westbound loaded ethanol train on the Cajon Sub near Hodge. Tacked onto the rear of the long train is a pair of SD70M manned helpers.

Racing through Hodge with the ZSBDALT in tow, BNSF 3790 leads an EMD and CREX as it heads east in the early morning.