BNSF ES44AC 5734 leads an eastbound stack train into Ludlow as the sun tries to peek through.

The lead unit BNSF 4217 dodges shadows the an s-curve at Ludlow AZ just minutes before sundown.

A westbound BNSF domestic intermodal train has dropped down off Ash Hill and is negotiating the S curve at Ludlow.

MP 691 - [2018 Winter Solstice +1 Series] - An eastbound unit auto train climbs the west side of Ash Hill on its way to Amboy some 25 miles away. The town of Ludlow California and I-40 ... (more)

A lone orange GEVO pulls the notorious steel coil train across the Mojave Desert as it rounds the curve of Ludlow as it prepares to climb the grade towards Pisgah; and on into Barstow.

Santa Fe 505 East climbs the steep western slope of Ash Hill as it roars through the Mojave Desert past Ludlow. From this vantage point, we can see that the desert is definitely not flat, but has ... (more)

Westbound and making the climb up Ash Hill in the afternoon.

BNSF 6564, 4852, 7899, & 3919 lead an eastbound intermodal train through the Mojave desert west of Ludlow, CA.

Hustling its westbound Z train through the small desert community of Ludlow, BNSF 5293 gives a few honks to those of us taking photos below as it prepares to negotiate the curves west of town.

BNSF C44-9W 4363 & 4438 with BNSF ES44DC 7764 & C44-9W 4696.

An eastbound BNSF manifest slows to a stop short of the Route 66 crossing at Ludlow. The rear of a westbound stack train rounds the curve in the distance.

BNSF 7864 East, V-SBDTUP4-28A with 64 empty racks headed for Tupelo, Mississippi. But first navigating the curves west of Ludlow, CA.

BNSF 7864 East, V-SBDTUP4-28A with 64 empty racks headed for Tupelo, Mississippi. But first navigating the curves west of Ludlow, CA.

A brace of three General Electric locomotives, representing three different models, lead an intermodal westbound stretched through the town of Ludlow on BNSF's Needles Subdivision.

BNSF 5141, BNSF 6638, BNSF 5912, & NS 8031 lead an eastbound intermodal train between Ash Hill & Siberia.