With shadows beginning to encroach the desert landscape, a heavy westbound unit grain train climbs up the north track in the early evening at Klondike on the Needles Sub.

Westbound harbor tonnage works through the curves at Siberia on BNSF's Needles Subdivision, and will soon be tackling the grade on Ash Hill.

Just east of Ludlow a westbound BNSF container train drops downgrade from Ash Hill.

A brisk November morning in the Mojave Desert finds a westbound general merchadise train Nearing the summit of Ash Hill on the old Santa Fe Needles District.

Under clear desert skies, an eastbound BNSF intermodal train works through Klondike on the ex-ATSF Needles Sub.

Racing across the wide open spaces near Helendale on BNSF's Cajon Sub, a pair of early delivery UP SD70M's power a westbound container train toward the L.A. harbor.

Just east of Victorville, a westbound Union Pacific manifest train approaches the cement plant at Oro Grande on BNSF's Cajon Sub.

A Pacific Railroad Society Tehachapi Pass excursion coasts downgrade between Warren and Mojave with Amtrak's "Pointless Arrow" heritage locomotive and a Dash 8 powering the train.

After loosing there 3rd unit just outside Needles, and a stop at Ibis with the rapid responder, this westbound climbs the #2 main between Ibis and Arrowhead Junction.

Early afternoon on Cima Hill finds a Westbound decending the steap 2.2% west slope towards Kelso.

With "Bolo Hill" in the distance, Warbonnet EMD's smoke it up as they fly west through the Route 66 town of Amboy along BNSF's Needles Subdivision.

Having just crossed into California, a westbound Chicago to Oakland doublestack works up the slight grade through Klinefelter on BNSF's Needles Subdivision. The power consist is a welcomed break f... (more)

Climbing the south track near Klondike on BNSF's Needles Subdivision, a pair of Warbonnets bracket a Thoroughbred as they move container traffic west toward Oakland as evening begins to set in.

Red and silver on the point of a cross country mainline freight is a rare sight these days but late afternoon on the last day of July found a pair of Warbonnet SD75I's with an eastern visitor thro... (more)

BNSF 6614 West works up Goffs Hill with a long and heavy train of Manifest traffic.