Mile Post 98 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] - Late afternoon on the Desert Line at MP 98.

Rock Fall Near Tunnel 8 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] - Winter rains loosen the ground causing rocks to fall on the track below.

The Last Days of the Highway Turnout at Summit - The BARWAT crosses over from Main #3 to Main #2 at CP Summit for the decent down the Cajon Pass on it's way to the Watson Yard near the harb... (more)

Goat Canyon Rock Fall Near Tunnel 8 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] - After a two year hiatus from entering the Gorge, my riding companions and I penetrated the canyon from the Jacumba portal an... (more)

Rock Fall Near Tunnel 11 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] -Looking east from about 1/2 mile east of the East Portal of Tunnel 11. After a two year hiatus from entering the Gorge, my riding com... (more)

The View from the East Portal of Tunnel 12 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] - A view of the Gorge looking east from inside the East Portal of Tunnel 12. After a two year hiatus from entering the... (more)

Koi Fish at Swarthout Canyon Road - A decade ago a railran was hard pressed to see a BNSF EMD SD70 ACe rolling down the hill into the Los Angeles basin. While UP brought this model into ... (more)

Highway 138 Construction - A Freightliner daycab with a lowboy trailer sit next to the roadway on the west side of Highway 138 near the turnoff to Hill 582 in the Cajon Pass. CalTrans is ... (more)

A Pair of Elephants Walking Backwards - A pair of GE's from the Barstow Power Pool push the rear of a westbound stack train along Interstate 40 towards Barstow California.

East Ash Hill - A westbound double stack and pig train assaults the east side of Ash Hill in route to Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.

The Summit at Lavic - An eastbound stack train crests the hill at Lavic California.

In the Hole at Daggett - An eastbound manifest waits in the hole at Daggett for traffic with higher priority to pass.

Meet at West Amboy - An eastbound manifest train passes a high speed pig train headed to Hobart Yard in Los Angeles.

BNSF 7065 at Klondike - A eastbound stack train decends the east side of Ash Hill towards Amboy at the bottom of the Bristol Dry Lake basin. Amboy lies roughly 20 miles and 1,200 feet ... (more)

East Siding Switch at Ash Hill - An eastbound stack train crests the summit at Ash Hill on the BNSF Needles Subdivision as it starts the 20 mile and 1,200 foot decent into Amboy.