A clean UP locomotive soaks in the sunset on the way down into Mojave.

Basking in the late afternoon light near the Mojave airport, ex-Apalachicola Northern SW9 RMPX 711 is resplendent in its new red paint.

A UP military special drops down out of the Tehachapi's behind Iso cab SD70ACe 8670 and a pair of AC4400's with the last being a former SP unit. The train is starting its final decent into the Moj... (more)

A long UP general freight leaves Mojave as it nears the Purdy road crossing south of town.

A short coal empty from the Oak Creek plant idles north of Mojave.

UP 8670 perpares to depart home rails in Mojave to take BNSF rails out to Daggett, CA where it will branch off the BNSF and take UP's Los Angeles Sub to Yermo, CA. The sole EMD and 2 trailing GE's... (more)

With SD60M 2438 and fellow EMD SD70ACe 8356 2nd out UP's LOP53 drops down into the desert after working the Monolith cement plant (east of Tehachapi). The small train will soon tie down in the Moj... (more)

BNSF 747 eases its train through the cross-overs at South Mojave crossing from main1 on UP's Mojave Sub to BNSF's Mojave Sub. The colorful consist brings back memories of BNSF consists from the la... (more)

With fresh new SD70ACe 8690 on the point, UP's AOASPX drops down into the Mojave "sink" passing one of the many classic search lights on the Mojave Sub. The train is running 1x1 today.

After holding at South Mojave for UP's ZLCLT to clear, the AOASPX is again on the move. The 1x1 autorack train is rolling along at track speed as it climbs out of Mojave and up Ansel hill.

Some WP heritage brings up the rear of UP's hot ZLCLT as it glides along the Mojave Sub heading west (north).

UP 5385 drops down the eastern slope of the Tehachapi's with a short MFRWC in tow. The train is just north of Mojave about to cross Arroyo Ave.

BNSF 787 drops down the eastern slope of the Tehachapi's on the head of an eastbound Z train. The toughest down hill section on the ill still lays ahead of the 787 east, and that is the decent fro... (more)

Just before sunset with a stiff wind blowing, a Santa Fe eastbound descends the pass at m.p. 377 as an SP manifest comes roaring out of Mojave on the westbound main.

Ghost train at MP 377...... The tail end of the BNSF 5037 west sails past MP 377, north of Mojave, CA.