A heavy doublestack heads east on BNSF's Needles Sub through Ludlow on a clear winter morning out in the Mojave Desert.

Recently delivered BNSF 7763 pulls hard as it crests the top of the grade at Ash Hill with a heavy stack train on BNSF's Needles Sub.

A spring afternoon in the Mojave Desert finds a trio of EMD's bringing a westbound stack train out of Afton Canyon on UP's Cima Sub.

With the stark Granite mountains forming the backdrop, UP's priority Los Angeles to Denver intermodal is making good time as it tackles the grade on Cima Hill.

Breaking the silence at the Ludlow cemetery, a BNSF doublestack heads east through town and across the Mojave Desert.

A westbound BNSF doublestack makes its way across the old Santa Fe Needles District and past old ruins at Siberia.

A westbound manifest with a colorful mix of power starts up the big curve at Klondike on BNSF's Needles Sub.

Faster running for this heavy UP eastbound doublestack is nearly in sight as it nears the top of the grade on Cima Hill.

Along America's Mother Road, a westbound auto train is nearing Goff's Hill on BNSF's Needles Sub.

Just out of Afton Canyon, an early morning freight heads west toward a crew change at Yermo and then eventually Los Angeles.

A BNSF H1 GE and a pair of visitors from the great white north power this eastbound manifest on the Needles Sub near Park Moabi.

A westbound doublestack headed up by one of UP's first SD70M's holds for the signal at the top of Cima Hill.

A pair of GE's bracket an EMD motor as they power westbound tonnage through Ludlow on an early winter morning.

A eastbound doublestack train is put into perspective as it races through Cadiz and across the vast Mojave Desert, with the famous Amboy crater in the distance.

Heading into a desert sunrise, an eastbound UP mixed freight passes under the BNSF signals at West Daggett, and will soon be on home rails just a couple of miles ahead.