A BNSF intermodal fights upgrade through Ibis towards the summit at Goffs.

A westbound stack train rolls through the desert just west of Needles, California on a beautiful late-May evening on the old Santa Fe Railway mainline.

A trio of BNSF GEs lead 11 gondolas loaded with switch panels downhill towards Needles. These are almost certainly for the triple track project going on between Needles and Goffs.

BNSF ES44DC 7501 leads an eastbound LA-Chicago Z train downhill just east of Ibis.

A San Diego-Clovis rack train heads east at Klinefelter.

A San Diego-Clovis rack train heads down the hill at Ibis.

Late afternoon at Ibis, finds a westbound S train as it nears the Hwy 95 crossing at Arrowhead Jct.

Long live the Warbonnet. With SD75M 205 in the lead. Four Superfleet's cruse eastward on the Santa Fe transcon. What a railroad it was.

There was nothing going on all the day because of track works. Then, in the late afternoon trains started rolling again. To increase the throughput, two trains were coupled together. A TOFC train ... (more)

There was nothing going on all the day because of track works. Then, in the late afternoon trains started rolling again. A westbound BNSF stack train approaches the level crossing of US Highway 95... (more)

A fresh SD75M 205 leads a trio of red and silver warbonnet GE's. The Santa Fe was a sight to behold.

Illuminated by the last rays of sunlight for the hot August day, BNSF 3872 battles the 1.4% grade and the big curve at Ibis, CA on the Needles sub on Aug 10, 2019.

BNSF ES44C4 6842 leads a hot Z train up the hill at Ibis.

Alliance, TX - San Bernardino, CA "Z" train heads up the hill at Ibis

ATSF 803 leads a swift intermodal west through the Mojave Desert in May of 1995.