The BNSF's infamous Modesto, CA to Selkirk, NY manifest train, laden with fine California wine, is in the hole at Bealville while a northbound doublestack drifts downgrade toward Bakersfield.

Some mainline track takes place near Pepper Ave. in West Colton while a westbound manifest heads toward Los Angeles with a big mac bringing up the rear in DPU mode.

A westbound Global 1 to Los Angeles doublestack nears Cima Summit on the old LA&SL, and will soon begin the slow descent to Kelso.

A colorful power consist of Union Pacific Heritage and Olympic power bring a westbound Global 1 to Los Angeles doublestack train down the former SP Palmdale Cutoff between Canyon and Keenbrook in ... (more)

An eastbound manifest works through the Summit Valley at Lugo on the Cajon Sub. Of interest is a pair of older CSX Dash 8-40C units in the motive power consist.

Having crested the top of Cajon Pass just a few miles west at Summit, an eastbound BNSF intermodal starts across the high desert at Hesperia. It should be fast running now all the way to Barstow f... (more)

At the foot of Cajon Pass a long domestic doublestack digs hard into the grade at Verdemont located between San Bernardino and Devore on the Cajon Sub.

Summer is winding down in the Tehachapi mountains as a northbound BNSF manifest twists through the curves at Sandcut on the Mojave Sub on this late August afternoon.

One of the BNSF's newer deliveries from GE leads a domestic container train through the interlocking at south Mojave where it will diverge over to the BNSF Mojave Sub for the trip to Barstow and p... (more)

A pair of SD70ACes has this short Los Angeles to Lathrop intermodal train well in hand as it makes good time flying across the Tehachapi Valley between Monolith and summit switch.

Perfect weather for a day trip to the desert. Chartered by the Pacific Railroad Society, the Barstow Flyer climbs Cajon Pass at Summit on a beautiful Fall morning in southern California.

Climbing the grade out of Palmdale, the southbound ZBRLC is passing the high wide detector at Harold on the ex-SP Saugus Line. In a couple of short hours the train will reach its destination at th... (more)

A defect detector east of Cima Hill has just stabbed this westbound as it prepares to stop for inspection near the top of the grade under threatening skies.

Over ten years since leaving the GE plant in Erie, the BNSF 797 looks sharp on the point of this westbound JB Hunt stacker passing through Ibis and Arrowhead Jct. on BNSF's Needles Sub.

Approaching the desert town of Victorville, the westbound KG1LA with today's foamer friendly power consist is at track speed heading through Oro Grande on the ex-ATSF Cajon Sub.