Aurora Borealis was slightly visible along BNSF's Needles Sub at Danby. All red across the board at the EBCS East Danby as an eastbound Z-train approaches for a crew change. Once it clears the wes... (more)

A Loram rail grinder deadheads westward to Barstow as it passes through Hackberry.

A Loram rail grinder deadheads westward to Barstow as it passes through Valentine.

Slowly grinding up the grade of the Crookton Cutoff at Williams, BNSF 6193 leads a Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest train up the 1% grade. With the wind howling, the Seligman Sub East Dispatc... (more)

The weekend version of the LA to Willow Springs, IL Z-train charges out of Crozier Canyon as it passes through the open range of Truxton.

14,000 tons are on the drawbar of the BNSF 712 as it pulls a Kansas City, KS to Barstow, CA manifest train over Yampai Hill. With a 3x2x1 power configuration, the KCKBAR still struggles up the 1.4... (more)

An eastbound Z-train snakes its way through Crozier Canyon as it grinds up the 1.4% grade of the canyon.

Stacks from Long Beach, CA to Memphis, TN negotiates the tight curves of Crozier Canyon as the sound of three GE prime movers battling the grade echo throughout the canyon.

Four Norfolk Southern locomotives lead the San Bernardino, CA to Austell, GA (via NS interchange at Memphis, TN) Z-train as they charge out of Walapai and round the curve of Antares. Normally, the... (more)

BNSF 712 leads a 14,000 ton Kansas City, KS to Barstow, CA manifest train across the hogbacks of Hackberry. All 9,000 ft of train can be seen as the red and silver warbonnet painted Dash-9 notches... (more)

The hot Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z1 waste no time climbing the 1.4% grade of Yampai Hill as the sound of three GE motors roar in notch 8.

Three General Electric locomotives climb the 1.4% grade of Yampai Hill as they pull the Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z-train.

The Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA UPS train charges out of the sag of Pica as it begins the climb up Yampai Hill. Normally, these Z-WSPLACs are short, hotshot trains. Today however, the Z-... (more)

12,000 tons of Galesburg, IL merchandise descends down the 1% grade between Valentine and Hackberry as four GE locomotives (3x1) keep the heavy train under control under stormy skies.

A NS rebuilt GE AC44C6M, #40442, leads a Barstow-bound military train though Kingman Canyon as it descends down the steeper (1.8% grade) Main Track #1.