BNSF Railway Dash 9-44CW 5459 on the point of train B-LPKLAC1-05 (baretable, Logistics Park Kansas City KS to Los Angeles CA) at Frost, just south of Victorville, California, on Ocotober 9, 2019.

Threading is way around the S-curves on BNSF Railway's "natural crossover" at Frost, just south of Victorville, California, is a baretable train – usually something not very photogenic... (more)

Heading from Barstow to Union Pacific’s West Colton Yard is a 23-car passenger train powered by UP 4014, a recently restored 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” steam locomotive. The train is seen crossing t... (more)

Returning to West Colton, the Big Boy and its two diesel helpers head upgrade into Victorville as they parallel Route 66.

UP 4014 Big Boy makes its way towards Yermo as it passes along the Victorville "Moon Rocks" as part of the Rail Giants Passenger Excursion.

BNSF 5459 leads a westbound baretable through Frost with KCSM 4872 trailing

UP 4014 leads the PYRWC through Frost on it's way to West Colton Yard

Be Ready for the Dynos Again. With the mountains of the conquered Cajon Pass providing the backdrop, UP 4014 climbs the final "grade" of the day as it crests over the 210 freeway ... (more)

UP 4014 crosses one of the two steel bridges located east of Victorville as it prepares to stop for a red signal to allow the train ahead of it to get a little farther down the line. Once the bloc... (more)

UP 4014, the largest operating steam locomotive in the world, lives up to its fame this afternoon as close to a thousand people gather at Victorville for their chance to view the 4-8-8-4 during it... (more)

Get Your Kicks, err, 4014...on Route 66. Paralelling the famous "Mother Road" on an approach signal to proceed into town, UP 4014 works up the slight grade into Victorville as the... (more)

Making its triumphant return to Southern California after leaving in 2014, and now fully operational, UP 4014 eases across one of the two iconic steel bridges located just east of Victorville as t... (more)

Heading west out of Victorville, California, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 meets an eastbound UP freight (UP M-WCOG-09) at Frost, the location of the Santa Fe’s “natural crossover.” This spot ... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014, the recently restored "Big Boy," passes through Frost, the southern end of Victorville, California, on October 9, 2019.

Heading west out of Victorville, California, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 meets an eastbound UP freight at Frost, the location of the Santa Fe’s “natural crossover.” This spot is where trains... (more)