About a half hour after sunrise, the first eastbound train of the morning passes through Ludlow.
Great visibility, S curves and a nice hill to oversee the action made Ludlow a worthwhile stop on my trip this spring.
BNSF 7694 leads an eastbound manifest through the S-curves approaching Ludlow after passing a westbound intermodal train.
BNSF 4084 leads a stack train out of Ludlow.
A stack train headed for Clovis, NM approaches Ludlow.
BNSF 4597, with a very colorful power consist, approaches Ludlow after zig-zagging its way up the track.
A 5 hr plus late Southwest Chief #3 goes into the curves west of Ludlow California on it way to Los Angeles.
BARKCK passes through Ludlow in the late morning on its way east. Somehow a BN MAC and 75M got stuck in the lineup.
BNSF 5405 makes the turn towards Ludlow as it heads west into the setting sun.
An eastbound BNSF stack train works through the zig-zag turns as the sun glints of the last part of the train.
past sunset and this east bound TOFC takes the curve into Ludlow on it's way towards needles along the BNSF Transcon.
The sun sets over the rails of the BNSF transcon at Ludlow California on this Saturday evening
Eastbound coming through the Mojave Desert
My day is over, and this brilliant desert shows off its beauty as the slow grain train leaves Ash Hill and heads down into Ludlow.
This Ferromex sandwich hauls autos eastward. These two Ferromex dash 9's add some nice color to the desert scenery with the Cady Mountains in the background.
