A BNSF Q train for the NS at Atlanta, GA heads down the east side of Ash Hill on Main #2.

Westbound stacks climb up Ash Hill.

BNSF ES44DC 7680 leads an eastbound vehicle train on the Needles Sub.

Westbound grain loads meet an eastbound Z train west of Ash Hill, CA.

Baretables slowly head up Ash Hill following a fleet of westbounds ahead.

Grain loads head down the west side of Ash Hill on Main #1 of BNSF's Needles Sub.

BNSF ES44C4 6512 hustles a westbound Z train downhill into Ludlow, CA.

BNSF ES44C4 6780 climbs up Ash Hill during the last light of the day.

An Alliance, TX - San Bernardino, CA Z train cruises down the west side of Ash Hill.

A Willow Springs-San Bernardino Z train meets the tailend of a Stockton-Willow Springs Z train between West Ash Hill and Ludlow on the busy Needles Sub.

High priority Alliance, TX - Stockton, CA traffic flies down Ash Hill approaching Ludlow on the Needles Sub.

With 6 units on the point, a Willow Springs-San Bernardino Z train flies down the west side of Ash Hill.

The DP remote unit on a Stockton-Willow Springs Z trains holds tight west of Ash Hill waiting for traffic ahead to clear.

BNSF C44-9W 4163 leads a loaded westbound grain train down the west side of Ash Hill into Ludlow.

BNSF 3850 leads an eastbound train through the cut at Ash Hill.