Wildflowers are starting to spread in Ludlow

An eastbound approaches Ludlow

An eastbound stack train heads up out of Ludlow towards Ash Hill

View from in the cab of BNSF 606 pulling the grade at Ash Hill: Run 8, 900 amps, 25MPH.

Amtrak #3 the Southwest Chief roars by.

This westbound stack takes the curve out of Ludlow Californina

Snaking through the desert, an eastbound intermodal train approaches Ludlow

The length of this eastbound manifest is visible as it climbs towards Ash Hill from Ludlow

With a Yellow Bonnet on point the Cadiz local negotiates a set of S turns out side of Ludlow California

An eastbound Z is coming up out of Ludlow on a hot late summer morning

The Cadiz local approaches West Siberia on the BNSF transcon

With BNSF 4066 as the DPU this west bound ethanol train with 100 cars takes the S curve just west of Ludlow California Friday morning.