UP 8886 leads the southbound MFRWC near Ansel, south of Mojave.

UP's hot ZBRLC nears Ansel in the early morning doing every bit of 70mph, as it fly's south.

UP tier4 2630 brings up the rear of the ZLCLT at Ansel, south of Mojave.

Displaying the train number of the San Joaquin Daylight, Southern Pacific GS-4 4449 leads the World’s Fair Daylight toward Los Angeles.

The only two EMD hood units painted in the Daylight scheme, Southern Pacific SD45R 7399 and SD40E 7342, drift through Ansel, California. After helping the World’s Fair Daylight ove... (more)

The southbound Mojave Flyer heads through the desert on a surprisingly chilly day.

The Mojave Flyer works through ANSEL siding with quite a bit of head end power.

The southbound "Mojave Flyer" LOP92 begins its journey through the namesake desert behind a nice mix of power and a short train for West Colton Yard.

DPUs for LOP82, the Lone Pine Sub local, shove a coal train bound for the Trona Railway toward Mojave.

The "Fresno Hauler" MWCFR's DPU passes the LOP82 "Searles Turn" crew at Ansel in the late evening.

A coal load sits in the siding at Ansel, south of Mojave with UP 6729, ex CNW 8827 still in full Operation Lifesaver, waits for a crew to take it north to Searles to be interchanged with the Trona... (more)

With the Tehachapi Mountains behind the last detouring Coast Starlight, for the time being...Train #11 races south along the Mojave Sub just minutes before sunset as it nears Ansel.

A newer (2012 build) Union Pacific SD70ACe (better than the ratty ones I see quite a bit on the Coast Line), numbered 8773, leads the ABESPX-15 past a waiting train in the siding at Ansel on Union... (more)

Union Pacific's oil train passes a Joshua tree at M.P. 388 at Ansel California, on March 7, 2001.

An extra West Colton, CA to Roseville, CA manifest waits in the hole at Ansel. A southbound manifest is approaching the siding with the sun already behind the mountains leaving an impressive impri... (more)