From the top of one of hills surrounding the Valentine community, a hot Chicago, IL to San Bernardino, CA intermodal train races westward towards Needles, CA for a new crew.
After holding in the siding at Valentine for the Z LACCHI7 (UPS train for Chicago), an auto train bound for El Paso, TX begins the charge through Crozier Canyon on a late winter evening.
With the smell of smoke exiting our chimney fills the air, I set up in our front yard for an eastbound train; wherever it may be. The temperature was hovering around 45 degrees that night, so I sa... (more)
One of BNSF's new ES44C4s leads a westbound Z-train through "downtown" Valentine as the three unit hustle a short string of high priority cargo towards North Bay, Calif.