One of BNSF's 16,000 ft "combo trains" negotiates over the hogbacks of Pisgah, CA as it traverse arid Mojave Desert. These "combo trains" are two trains that are coupled up tog... (more)
A short, but hot, Z-WSPLAC descends down the grade of Cajon Pass at Hill 582. With the priority of this train, this train was called on the "LA Long Pool". Instead of the crew changing a... (more)
A Barstow, CA to Kansas City, KS manifest grinds up the steep grade at Maine as it climbs the western slope of the Arizona Divide. Snow still covers the ground from a recent snow storm.
BNSF 4702 leads a Long Beach Pier E to Alliance, TX stack train around the curve leading into Crozier Canyon. When I saw this train on the lineup, I thought the 4702 was still painted in the iconi... (more)
A Laurel, NE to Guernsey, CA loaded unit grain descends down the 1.4% grade of Crozier Canyon as the sun sets on a late spring evening in northern Arizona.