RMPX 711 (ex-AN) SW9 sitting at the Progress Rail facility at Mojave, CA under the last rays of evening sunlight.

Plenty of power on the Trona local.

Amtrak's "Tehachapi Starlight" quickly gains track speed as it passes through Fleta, just south of Mojave.

Taken at sunset this UP on the Trona Sub await it's crew

This might have been considered the move of the day, other than LOP81 and switching.

Southern Pacific SD45R 7499 and SD40R 7342 assist Daylight GS-4 4-8-4 4449 as the train descends into Mojave on its way to Los Angeles, California (and eventually New Orleans) on May 12, 19... (more)

Southern Pacific Daylight GS-4 4-8-4 4449, having crossed the Tehachapi Mountains, descends into Mojave on its way to Los Angeles, California on May 12, 1981.

5044 heads a mixed manifest down into Mojave.

A helper set lead by SD9E number 4433 drifts downhill toward Mojave, California.

Santa Fe 126 leading an interesting mix of units dropping downgrade West Of Mojave

A Fresno to Chicago stack train approaches Mojave, CA as it descends from Tehachapi.

An empty unit Trona train bound for Searles (and interchange with the Trona Railway) is tied down in the siding at Fleta.

My birthday "gift" from UP was trackwork that delayed most all of the trains through town, but I was able to find some switching at the north end of the yard.