Just west of Araz on the Union Pacific Yuma Subdivision, a westbound doublestack freight with a new crew on board from Yuma is early in the last leg of its trip to the Los Angeles area.
With the sun low in the sky, a westbound BNSF doublestack train throttles up as it passes through the high desert town of Hesperia located in southern California's Apple Valley.
With most non-BNSF power being pulled at Barstow these days on trains heading into the Los Angeles area, it's a very welcomed sight to find a Citirail locomotive in its eye catching paint scheme l... (more)
Approaching the Victorville area in the high desert, a westbound BNSF coiled steel train with a factory fresh GE leader splits the signals near Oro Grande, and will soon begin descending the grade... (more)
Out in the high desert near Helendale on the BNSF's Cajon Subdivision, a westbound coiled steel train passes through Helendale with brand new GE power on the point.