Gleaming in the sun as it rests between assignments as the Victorville road switcher, BNSF Railway SD40-2R 7951 is a rebuilt SD45-2. This engine was previously numbered BNSF 6500, ATSF 5850 and, ... (more)
Tied-down between hoppers old and abused, Southwest Portland Cement’s SD40-2 sits between runs to the clinker mill at Black Mountain.
ATSF 8750 slips through the Mojave Narrows just west of Victorville.
Ex BN 9275 renumbered.
Road power dumps coal at the clinker mill.
Working the clinker mill at Black Mountain.
Dropping downgrade towards Victorville approaching I-15 overpass.
Nose profile of Southwest Portland Cement 415.
A westbound rounding the curve off the shelf to cross the Mojave River.
Sunrise finds this westbound skirting the long shadows of morning through the lower narrows.
Two Warbonnets still lettered Santa Fe travel timetable west through the lower narrows. The second unit is numbered 632.
Westbound along the shelf between Oro Grande and Leon.
Eastbound light help returning to Yermo passing a westbound BNSF with DPU.
Like apparitions from the past, two Warbonnets still lettered Santa Fe travel timetable west into the sunrise.
Westbound passing an eastbound at the Southwest Portland Cement plant.