With movie cameras mounted on the lead locomotive, a special 4-car BNSF train for an upcoming IMAX production cruises north through Sandcut just minutes before sunset on Union Pacific's Mojave Sub... (more)

Climbing out of the Mojave sink, a northbound UP doublestack train begins the assault on the grade toward Tehachapi summit in the early evening.

The sound of EMD and GE freight power fills the air as an eastbound BNSF empty ballast train throttles up at East Raton and begins the climb over Raton Pass. The train is heading back to La Junta,... (more)

An eastbound BNSF empty ballast train works through the curves at Gallinas in Raton Pass as it heads back to La Junta, CO to tie up for the day after dumping most of its load around the Springer, ... (more)

Passing the siding at Gallinas in scenic Raton Pass, an eastbound BNSF empty ballast train has just topped the grade and heads back to La Junta, CO to tie up for the day after working around the S... (more)

A beautiful afternoon in Raton, NM finds an eastbound BNSF empty ballast train passing through town as it heads for La Junta, CO after working around the Springer, NM area on the passenger-only Ra... (more)

Both an empty UP coal train and local are tied down on the south end of Union Pacific's Lone Pine Subdivision in Mojave.

With the evening sun dropping fast behind the hills in the Tehachapi valley, a northbound BNSF manifest freight with a colorful mix of motive power races toward Bakersfield as it passes through Mo... (more)

A warm afternoon along the BNSF Needles Subdivision finds one of many trains in the constant intermodal parade climbing uphill through Siberia in the Mojave desert.

Still looking presentable even several months after delivery, an ET44C4 leads a westbound BNSF stack train across the Needles Subdivision as it passes the control point at East Siberia.

Now reclassified by BNSF as an SD70MACe, this former Grinstein SD70MAC is looking brand new again as it leads a westbound grain train into the Barstow terminal where it will hold for a few days be... (more)

Nearing Bakersfield, a northbound Amtrak special bound for Modesto and ultimately Sacramento glides through Sandcut on Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision.

A westbound BNSF unit cottonseed train climbs the grade through Siberia and toward Ash Hill on a warm Spring afternoon on the Needles Subdivision.

A recently outshopped SD70MACe rebuild leads a westbound grain train through Newberry Springs on the BNSF's Needles Subdivision a few miles east of Barstow.

About to enter Tunnel 2 on Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision, a short Amtrak business special with the "Phase I" Heritage P42DC as sole power heads north across the Tehachapi mountains toward Bak... (more)