Fresh NS AC44C6M 4795 looks very out of place in the desert.

Military loads from Washington speed downhill on Main #1 of BNSF's Needles Sub approaching Fenner.

BNSF ES44C4 7995 leads a heavy grain train up the hill at Ibis.

BNSF ES44AC 5745 climbs out of the valley at Needles leading a westbound mixed freight towards Barstow.

BNSF's Z-LPKLAC climbs up main #1 west of Ibis while Z-WSPSBD gives chase on main #2.

BNSF's Kansas City-Barstow mixed freight train climbs west at Ibis catching the last sunlight of the day.

CP AC4400CWM 8133 leads BNSF train Q MEMSTO6 10 into the rapidly setting sun on BNSF's Needles Sub.

A spectacular backdrop witnesses CP AC4400CWM 8133 climbing west on the BNSF Needles Sub.

CP AC4400CWM 8133 takes a breather at Ibis waiting for some slower traffic ahead to clear the next block.

BNSF's Memphis-Stockton Q train climbs west at Ibis heading into some beautiful light.

CP AC4400CWM 8133 passes the old ATSF Klinefelter station name sign leading a westbound BNSF Memphis-Stockton intermodal train.

Canadian power leads the Q-MEMSTO west on Main #1 at Klinefelter.

Intermodal for Stockton, CA climbs west on main #1 of BNSF's Needles Sub.

A foreign visitor from north of the border leads a Q train up Goffs Hill.

A quartet of BNSF GEs lead an eastbound Z train around the reverse curves west of Ludlow.