A Union Pacific intermodal train heading from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Long Beach, California, passes through the Mojave Narrows area (known as Frost) just south of Victorville, California, on Mar... (more)

At Frost, just south of Victorville, California, the old Santa Fe mainline has a "natural" crossover in order to have trains orient trains for the left-hand running typical on Cajon Pass, a few mi... (more)

Early morning in the Mojave Desert along the Mojave Northern line running from Victorville to the facility at Bell Mountain finds SWPC 415 working hard up the steep grade.

SWPC 411 is one of only 35 SDP35s ever produced and the only one still operating in its original carbody. 411 started life as SAL 1111, where it was designed to be effective in both passenger and ... (more)

The major custom between Cajon and Barstow is Cemex's Victorville plant. The plant has an in-plant railroad, the Mojave Northern, which shuttles material from the mine back to the plant. In this p... (more)

A three-hour late Southwest Chief rolling through West Victorville.

an eastbound manifest train passes through Victorville, CA with an all "dress blue" consist

BNSF 9615 leads a very late westbound Amtrak train #3, The Southwest Chief, through the Victorville Narrows on BNSF's Cajon Subdivision.

The large Cemex plant north of Victorville CA is famous for its cool mix of old EMD hood units (including what may be the last SDP35 in the world) - but on the day I was there, the train running t... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-4 844, the only steam engine never retired by its original owner, passes through the stark landscape at the northern side of Victorville, California, on November 19, 2011. The t... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-4 844 passes through the "moonscape" just north of Victorville, California, as it heads for Yermo on November 19, 2011. (Coincidentally, the camera assigned this image the name ... (more)

UP 1988, the heritage engine for MKT, leads three brand new UP SD70ACe's over the natural flyover at Frost on its way to Long Beach. For more photos and videos, please visit www.z-trains.com!

Amtrak's phase 4 Heritage unit #184 leads A 4+ hour late Westbound Southwest Chief train #3 at the Natural crossover at Frost.