UP 7506 leads the KG3LB in the late evening light as it works upgrade towards Cajon Summit.
2 new units on there first trip west grind upgrade through Victorville as the second motor is already dead, and the 3rd EMD having been added at Yermo.
A new C4 leads a heavy westbound manifest up the east side of Cajon as it works towards the summit.
Cemex 2125 leads its train down the steep grades from the mine near Bell Mountain, on a very hot and humid afternoon in the Mojave Desert.
Westbound stacks dig in on the tough east slope of Cajon Pass as they return to left hand running at the natural crossover at Frost.
A BNSF eastbound train heads east. This shot was taken just east of Frost Cross.
A BNSF eastbound stack train heads east. This shot was taken just east of "Blue Cut." The heat off the locomotives are seen well in this shot.
Albert Hammond's song "It Never Rains In Southern California" is a bunch of garbage. A Low pressure system positioned itself over Nevada for a few days of the trip, allowing for clouds and a few s... (more)
Rear DPU's push hard on this Barstow bound intermodal.
A BNSF manifest freight snakes through an S curve and through one of the twin spans at Victorville
Eastbound local freight.
An eastbound UP double stack train out of ICTF heads by the Victorville train station.
UP 5438 charges into Frost with UP's West Colton, CA to Roper, UT manifest. Also in the consist are a pair of Mertrolink F59PHs bound for MPIs shops for an overhaul. Certainly not something you se... (more)
UP 7912 works hard pushing a large stack train up Cajon to the LA Harbor.
The BNSF Cajon Local shoves back to its perch in Victorville Yard.