After being put in "the hole", BNSF 6812 west holds and waits for three westbound trains behind it to overtake it.
One of BNSFs newest ES44C4s leads a Long Beach bound 2 mile long stack train slowly around the banked curve of Goffs as it approaches a red signal as it will let some hot westbound traffic pass by... (more)
A Los Angeles to Fort Madison stack train roars down the tracks for Needles as it passes the DPUs of a westbound stack train as the California sun sets over the eastern Mojave Desert at Goffs.
A short, hot westbound Z marches across the Mojave Desert on a beautiful September afternoon.
One of BNSF new orders of C4s, BNSF 6892 leads its eastbound manifest through the town of 23 people, Goffs.
A short westbound intermodal charges through West Goffs.
Eastbound BNSF stacks crest Goffs Hill at sunset after the long climb up from Cadiz. From here it is a downhill run into Needles for a crew change before heading further east along the Transcon in... (more)
BNSF 7354 West, a hot Z serie train, overtake BNSF 6291 West, a heavy 9 engines loaded grain train, who have just pulled in the clear in Goffs third track to let some traffic pass by...things alwa... (more)
An eastbound harbor stack train races across the eastern Mojave desert along the famous Route 66 which hardly anyone drives on compared to I-40.
As nightfall quickly approaches, a westbound stack train sits in the siding at Goffs being overtaken by a higher priority westbound Z train. more)
Westbound priority stack train led by BNSF 6637 at track speed overtaking a freight train that had ducked in the siding at Goffs.
Two DPUs bring up the rear of this eastbound BNSF stack train as it crests the hill at Goffs under a beautiful Mojave Desert sunset.
A Westbound intermodal climbs out of the Colorado river valley as it tackles Goffs Hill on the Needles Sub.
What a way to officially start shooting digital. Being from the old school I was reluctant to give up shooting slides and on a trip to southern California I had just finished my last roll. I'm hea... (more)
2 EMD Warbonnets and a pooled NS unit work through Goffs in the late afternoon.