A downhill or west bound Union Pacific double-stack is on Main 2 in the "S" curve just after Hill 582 and just before the former location for tunnel #1. For this picture I am standing at the edge... (more)
This BNSF manifest is on Main 2 at the former location of tunnel #2. The large amount of earth required to be moved to daylight the tunnel is evident by the dramatic cut in the mountainside. Not... (more)
ATSF F45 1936, along with a pair of SD45s, is ready to depart the west end of Argentine Yard, on quite possibly the F45's first revenue trip following delivery from EMD earlier in the month.
Another in the seemingly endless parade of double-stack trains on the BNSF "Transcon" exits Barstow Yard and enters the Needles Subdivision. The train blocks the view of the Barstow depot where t... (more)