CREX lease power leads a westbound grain load at Park Moabi as the crew nears there home terminal at Needles.

East of Needles near the Colorado River border with California and Arizona, the BNSF Transcon traverses some interesting terrain as this eastbound Z begins its journey across the Seligman Sub.

2 CREX leasers lead a westbound refer block on the Seligman Sub just east of Needles.

Trestle on the Transcon
An eastbound BNSF intermodal train led by three GE C44-9Ws crosses a wood pile trestle at Park Moabi east of Needles, California, on March 16, 2005

Brand new 8036 leads this eastbound out of Needles as it begins its journey across the Seligman Sub.

Late afternoon high above the tracks near Park Moabi, BNSF 8040 leads this westbound along the last few miles of the Seligman Sub where it will change crews at Needles in a few short miles.

An eastbound stack train swings through the big curve at Park Moabi, California, part of the 1945 line relocation when the present Colorado River bridge was completed. The train changed crews at ... (more)

An ES44C4 leads a westbound stack train into Califorina as it rides approach signals into Needles as result of a westbound Z train over taking it.

In the light of a shimmering Arizona sunset, the dispatcher holds several eastbounds just shy of Rillito to give time for traffic in Tucson to clear up.

A freight breaks the morning silence of the desert.

Eastbound stacker just crew changed at Needles, now is seen passing a westbound train of autoracks entering Park Moabi

In the immensity of the desert, BNSF 5520 brings an eastbound manifest through the arid landscape between Needles and the Colorado River.

BNSF 7229, NS-2533, BNSF 8260 leading an inter-modal Westbound across the Colorado River from Arizona seen from the Park Moabi side of California