Into the sundown comes the 4326 West climbing the steep grade out of the Colorado River valley between Needles and Goffs. The classic Santa Fe signals that populated the Coast Lines since the 1920... (more)

Back in the late eighties, early nineties. Santa Fe was really sold on the concept of B truck locomotives. The idea was with light hot shot trains, could really get up and fly. That I can't not ar... (more)

A trio of NS units lead this westbound QNYCLAC at Ibis on the Needles Sub.

A hot Z9 train has no problem tackling the grade of Goffs Hill with its 5.3 horsepower per ton ratio as it has to notch off the throttle for the 30 MPH curve between Ibis and Arrowhead Jct on main... (more)

BNSF 3972 leads a short westbound ZALTSTO at Ibis in the late afternoon.

A long westbound manifest grinds up grade between Ibis and the US 95 crossing at Arrowhead Jct.

BNSF 3733 west works through the crossovers at Ibis on a very windy afternoon along the eastern part of the Needles Sub.

A Roger Puta Photograph

From the moment my dad and I found out Santa Fe way going to get GP60 B-unit's. The hope was to get the classic pure A-B-B-A a consist like the old F unit days. On this occasion we got our wish wi... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

A pair of BNSF C44-9Ws head down to Needles while a loaded military train climbs the grade to Goffs.

BNSF ES44C4 8255 leads a short, light but hot Willow Springs-San Bernardino Z train up steep track #2 at Ibis.

BNSF ES44DC 7557 leads a heavy 76 car, 7900 ton military train uphill at Ibis on BNSF's Needles Sub. The train was travelling from Fort Hood, TX to the US military base at Yermo, CA.

A BNSF stack train from Chicago's Logistics Park destined for Thenard, CA's "Southern California On-Dock" terminal claws uphill from Needles to Goffs on BNSF's Needles Sub. The train is ... (more)

Chicago Willow Springs, IL - San Bernardino, CA stacks and trailers climb the hill out of Ibis on track two