Fading light and aging EMD locomotives combine to create a sense of nostalgia as the Trona Railway delivers the day's interchange to the Union Pacific at Searles.
The thunder of four GE's echos off the canyon walls as BNSF 5041 struggles upgrade at Cable.
UP 5571 leads an early afternoon Z train up Tehachapi Pass.
SP 8307 leads a westbound manifest at Bealville.
Two rebuilt SD45s shove hard on the rear of an eastbound lumber drag at Woodford.
A Southern Pacific tunnel motor rests in the late afternoon sun at Mojave.
Rays from the setting sun find a few leaks in the cloud cover as BNSF 5960 makes it's way through Sandcut.
A northbound Z train charges into Sandcut, lead by BNSF 7217.
In an illusion of perspective, BNSF 7088 thunders upgrade through Cliff.
An empty Wasco coal train walks upgrade through the siding at Bealville.
Two trains make a meet at Walong, both carrying a myriad of different colored shipping containers.
A long way from home, CP 7032 leads a Westbound oil train through California's Mojave Desert at Jimgrey, 25 miles West of Barstow.
BNSF 5063 heads up a heavy manifest, ascending Tehachapi Pass just below Bealville.
In the hole at Oxnard, with "The Borg's" assimilation in full swing, SP 8524 awaits the arrival of Amtrak before continuing its journey westward.
SP 9810 leads and westbound manifest between Goleta and Santa Barbara.
