BNSF ES44C4 7147 hustles a loaded military train west on the Needles Sub.

Military loads for Barstow, CA speed through the desert.

One of the many intermodal trains that traverse the Mojave Desert grinds up the 1% grade of Goffs Hill at Essex on BNSF's Needles Subdivision.

Heading from Omaha, Nebraska, to Long Beach, California, BNSF Railway train S-OMASCO3-30A speeds through the Mojave Desert just outside Essex, in California's Mojave Desert. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4012... (more)

KCSM power along with some red and silver lead this Slaton, TX to Barstow manifest along the Needles Sub at Essex.

Helper set.

BNSF 6584 brings up the rear of an eastbound light power move.

BNSF 5421 shoves a stack train through the desert.

BNSF 7784 heads west between Fenner and Danby on the busy Needles Sub.

"Baretables" for interchange to the Arizona & California Railroad at Cadiz, CA head under Route 66 west of Fenner.

Almost 2 weeks old, BNSF's S MEMSCO1 30 heads west on the Needles Sub.

Mixed freight for Barstow speeds west on the Needles Sub.

A Chicago-LA Q train departs Fenner on BNSF's Needles Sub.

Stacks from Memphis, TN speed away from the Control Point at Fenner, CA behind BNSF 6419.

The H SLABAR heads west under Route #66 at Essex, CA.