Perhaps it came west to escape the cold. Norfolk Southern's Pennsylvania Railroad Heritage unit, ES44AC 8102, threads its way through the reverse curves at Siberia, in California's Mojave Desert,... (more)

BNSF Railway's train Q-NYCLAC has, more often than not, Norfolk Southern power on it. Thus, even without confirmation of this train's symbol at the time, I was 98% sure it was the Q-NYCLAC. BNSF... (more)

BNSF Railway train Q-NYCLAC1-01A descends a slight grade as it passes from Siberia to Klondike on the railway's Needles Sub, which crosses the Mojave Desert. The old Southern Pacific surveyors of... (more)

Rounding the curve at Esperanza on BNSF Railway’s San Bernardino Sub is BNSF train Q-NYCLAC3-21A, heading to Los Angeles from New York NY. It is not unusual for this train to have a solid set o... (more)

BNSF Railway train Q-NYCLAC6-16L holds Track 2 while it awaits an open track at Hobart Yard, just south of downtown Los Angeles – its eastbound counterpart (the Q-LACNYC) was due to depart Hobar... (more)

On a morning that threatened rain – unusual in southern California in August – BNSF Railway’s Q-NYCLAC6-27 has a pair of Norfolk Southern engines for power … not a surprise on this train, ... (more)

BNSF Railway train Q-NYCLAC6-22, a Guaranteed Service Intermodal train, originated in New York and is now not far from its destination, Los Angeles. As usual of late, this train has a Norfolk Sou... (more)

Conductor Walters and Engineer Cox have plenty of time to get their train, BNSF Q-NYCLAC6-08L, to the next crew change point, as it is just fifteen miles ahead and they still have 3 hours and 40 m... (more)

BNSF train Q-NYCLAC6-08L (Guaranteed Service Intermodal, New York NY to Los Angeles CA), with run-through Norfolk Southern power (ES44AC 8104 in Heritage paint for the old Lehigh Valley Railroad a... (more)

BNSF train Q-NYCLAC6-08L (Guaranteed Service Intermodal, New York NY to Los Angeles CA), with run-through Norfolk Southern power (ES44AC 8104 in Heritage paint for the old Lehigh Valley Railroad a... (more)

Racing across the Mojave Desert in 107ºF (41.67ºC) heat is BNSF Railway train Q-NYCLAC6-08L, running nearly 84 hours behind schedule (thanks to a derailment in Missouri), with an all-Norfolk Sou... (more)

BNSF train Q-NYCLAC6-08L (Guaranteed Service Intermodal, New York NY to Los Angeles CA) is running nearly 84 hours behind schedule as it rounds the curve at Milepost 694 on the BNSF’s Needles Su... (more)

Twenty minutes behind a westbound with Kansas City Southern power on it, is BNSF train Q-NYCLAC6-29L (Guaranteed Service Intermodal... (more)

With engineer Mike Mucklin at the throttle, BNSF train Q-NYCLAC6-26L heads for Los Angeles from New York NY. A pair of Norfolk Southern engines, SD70ACe 1078 and AC44C6M 4407, are powering this 8... (more)

BNSF Railway train Q-NYCLAC of late has often had either solid Norfolk Southern power, or mixed NS/BNSF power with the NS units on the point. Such was the case again as this New York to Los Angel... (more)