Late night fog starts to roll in over Tehachapi Pass as the headlights, and ETD, from a northbound BNSF train illuminate hillside of Marcel.

The Tehachapi helper power descends back towards Mojave after helping a northbound train up the pass. Within the last few months of this photo, BNSF have started running manned helpers on Tehachap... (more)

Three Tier IV GEVOs pull a heavy Fresno, CA to Barstow, CA manifest train through the curves between Rowen and Cliff as it climbs the 2% grade of Tehachapi Pass.

What seems like a scene from the early 2000s, two warbonnet motors have found themselves leading two trains on the Seligman Sub. BNSF 4719 leads a loaded grain train, bound for Hanford, CA, as it ... (more)

The hot LA to Brooklyn Z-train descends down the steep grade of Caliente as it is greeted by the morning rays of sunlight reflecting off of the nose of the UP 8156.

UP's Brooklyn, OR to Los Angeles (LATC), CA intermodal train is almost done making the hard climb up Tehachapi Pass as snakes through the curves of Cable with a newer Tier IV SD70ACe leading.

CP 6644 made a rare appearance to the American Southwest. This locomotive is painted in Royal Canadian Air Force "Spitfire" fighter planes paint scheme, which pays tribute to the Allied ... (more)

A colorful consist, which includes a pair of CP motors and ex-Santa Fe warbonnet, pull a Barstow, CA to Chicago (NS Interchange), IL Q-train through Valentine as it approaches Crozier Canyon. Note... (more)

Three motors hold 7,300 ft of intermodal equipment as they descend through Kingman Canyon on the Z MEMLAC with a warbonnet on the point.

As PTC is being installed on more of BNSF's locomotive fleet, it was resulted in order locomotives to lead trains. BNSF 748, sporting almost 25 year-old red and silver paint, leads the Memphis, TN... (more)

BNSF 6179, one of the 25th Anniversary Units, is on the point of a loaded rail train as it sits in the auxiliary track of Hackberry, AZ. The train is waiting to be unloaded in the next day for rai... (more)

The hot Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA UPS train races up Ash Hill as it traverses the normal eastbound track to get around slower westbound traffic.

An eastbound Z-train charges up the western slope of Goffs Hill, passing Danby, as makes its way across the open landscape of the Mojave Desert.

The last rays of sunlight have produced vibrant colors in the sky over the eastern Mojave Desert. As the light fades away, the headlights of the BNSF #8028 illuminate the steel rails near Cadiz, C... (more)

During the summer of 2021, both UP's Feather River Canyon and Cascade Routes, as well as BNSF's Gateway Subdivision, were affected by wildfires. As a result, BNSF's trains that carry shipments bet... (more)