Four Four-Axles

A quartet of BNSF Railway GP60M-3 locomotives leads the Cadiz Local (symboled L-CAL1161-13) from Barstow to the Arizona & California connection at Cadiz, about midway... (more)

Fresh Paint!

The whine of dynamic brakes breaks the silence of the Mojave Desert as a quartet of recently rebuilt GP60Ms (now called GP60M-3 by the railroad) bring BNSF Railway train... (more)

Late afternoon finds a westbound Q train passing through Downtown Kingman.

UP…blue is your color! Still sharply dressed in its 2002-Winter Olympic commemorative paint scheme Union Pacific SD70M 2002, one of two so painted SD70s, still proudly recalls Salt Lake City, Ut... (more)

With Tehachapi's rolling hills still clinging to the colors of Spring a westbound loaded grain train carefully drops through Cliff on the western slope of the Tehachapi Range. Nestled down in the ... (more)

Emerging from Cache Creek Canyon an eastbound Union Pacific manifest conforms to the final slope of the Tehachapi Range before dropping down into the Mojave Desert.

Transcon Traffic

The Mojave Desert is a vast area with typical desert vegetation - sparse and low. However, for railfans, this provides long views that makes it hard for the trains ... (more)

Local train from Flagstaff to Darling (behind the photographers). In the background you can see the San Francsico Mountains.

Amtrak 'pointless arrow' heritage motor #156 has command of a 4 car Amtrak executive special which among other Amtrak and BNSF executives onboard is Amtrak's outgoing CEO Joe Boardman. The special... (more)

A hot westbound Z races through Essex in the late afternoon from the National trails hwy overpass.

Slipping out of the Tehachapi Valley a lumber heavy QRVWC is held back by a trio of 'mountain motors' led by new tier IV ET45AH 2607. While the QRVWCs head end prepares to enter the Cache Creek na... (more)

Eastbound Santa Fe Barstow to Texas train 805 climbs Goffs Hill eastbound into the sunrise on the first morning of a great trip.

Climbing out of the Mojave Desert and into the Tehachapi's two new ET45AHs, UP 2571 and 2584, bookend a pair of 8000s as the MWCRVB climbs the grade at Warren. Soon the Mojave Subdivision will cro... (more)

Emerging from the confines of the Cache Creek narrows UP's eastbound QRVWC carefully slips down the eastern slope of the Tehachapi grade. On the point are three new Union Pacific 2600 series (2610... (more)