GECX 2027 west passes through the Victorville Narrows as on a very hot afternoon in the high desert.

Union Pacific "Challenger" 4-6-6-4 3985 heads west through Victorville as it heads to Ontario, California, on May 15th, 1994.

Fresh paint (applied 9/14), sweet afternoon light and no graffiti? I can forgive the UP markings on this Cotton Belt Center Flow hopper, built in October 1979, given all the other elements!

Union Pacific freight crosses over at Frost. Not sure how this spot got its name, since this is the middle of winter and clearly no frost to be found.

Leaving the mine on the way to Victorville

Ethanol train squeezes through the Mojave Narrows area.

With leased NW power helping out a freshly painted U36C leds a westbound manifest as it starts the long hard climb up the east side of Cajon Pass at Frost

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