Chicago-San Bernardino stacks climb the stiff grade between Siberia and Ash Hill.

A heavy grain train slowly climbs westward on BNSF's Needles Sub between West Siberia and East Ash Hill.

BNSF ES44C4 7093 climbs out of West Siberia with a Memphis-Los Angeles baretable train.

BNSF ES44DC 7368 leads an eastbound stack train downhill between Ash Hill and Siberia on the Needles Sub.

The hotshot nine trailer train from San Bernardino, CA - Chicago Willow Springs, IL speeds across the Mojave desert

BNSF 8498 shoves on the rear of a Tulsa to Barstow mixed manifest at Siberia on the Needles Sub.

A Barstow bound grain load climbs Ash Hill as the train heads towards Klondike with FXE power on the rear.

As the sun begins to slip behind the horizon the last rays of light paint the Mojave Desert in a wonderful glow highlighted by the presence of BNSF's westbound 'Cadiz Turn'. The turn is on the hom... (more)

GP60M #133 leads the Cadiz Local as its climbs toward the summit at Ash Hill on BNSF's Needles Subdivision.

At sunset, with the last light of the day reflecting off the nose of the lead Dash 9, BNSF 5494 West roars up the eastern slope of Ash Hill at Siberia on the railroad's Needles Sub. The train will... (more)

Eastbound at Siberia, CA four BNSF GE's leads a TOFC train in the Mojave Desert on February 28, 2008.

The Split Between Siberia and Klondike - A westbound manifest lead by BNSF 5821 climbs the back side of Ash Hill towards Ludlow California. FXE 4632, a GE ES44AC and BNSF 297, an EMD SD7... (more)

The mid train DPs of a heavy 12,000' stack train slowly grinds up grade of Ash Hill, near Siberia, as the hot summer sun sets in the western sky.

Slowly grind up the grade of Ash Hill, four GE locomotives roar with life as they pull a heavy Chicago, IL to San Bernardino, CA intermodal around the 90 degree curve of Siberia where the two main... (more)

A westbound, high priority UPS train grinds up main track two up Ash Hill near Siberia. With main two at a 1.8% grade, it generally reserved for for downhill eastbounds, occasionally dispatchers ... (more)