Riding the rolling profile of BNSF's Needles Sub., stacks for Logistics Park in Chicago meet the rising sun on another day in the Mojave Desert.
BNSF 7749 leads a 7 car special at Pisgah near the I-40 overpass on a cold and windy afternoon.
BNSF has received a number of new units in the last few weeks, here is 7188 leading 7190 along with another GE and 8001 on this eastbound at Pisgah.
Something that you don't see everyday on the Needles sub, an ES44AC leading. BNSF usually has their ES44AC's on coal train and grain trains in the mid west and northwest but sometimes they make th... (more)
The sun has just climbed over the horizon on a brisk 27 degree morning in the Mojave Desert, west of Ludlow. A westbound BNSF baretable train has broken the silence, as it catches the first light ... (more)
With the morning sun just a few degrees over the eastern horizon a westbound BNSF intermodal train races across the roller coaster profile of the Needles Subdivision at Pisgah.
BNSF "Fakebonnet" #788 serves as a DPU on a Westbound ethanol train.
Ten engines, five DIC lead this eastbound intermodal along the Needles Subdivision.
BNSF 4114 and it's westbound freight find the only real good light that we saw on this day!
Coming out of the hogback between Lavic and Pisgah, this manifest has almost completed its trip across the Mojave.