Power for the Boron local about to begin switching duties at Boron.

A long way from home, CP 7032 leads a Westbound oil train through California's Mojave Desert at Jimgrey, 25 miles West of Barstow.

BNSF Railway train L-CAL0611-12 (the Barstow to Boron and back local) backs into the US Borax plant in Boron CA. Power for today's train is BNSF GP39-2R 2823 (originally CB&Q GP30 940) and 1575 an... (more)

An eastbound Q train slows to a stop at Jim Grey enroute to Barstow for a recrew.

A 15 degree morning in the high desert town of Boron finds the local tied down on the borax spur with the 58 overpass in the background.

A fine Friday afternoon in the Mojave Desert finds BNSF's Boron Local passing through it's namesake town as it heads back to Barstow.

The Boron Local arrives at the massive Rio Tinto (former US Borax) plant in Boron with a trio of rebuilt GP60M-3s for power. This is a far cry from the hot TOFC trains these units were built for.

Eastbound BNSF train in Boron, CA. I really liked the row of telegraph poles that were still standing.

BNSF 1574, formerly ATSF 5670 (built as a SD45-2), prepares to shove the Boron Local off the siding, across the main, and up the Rich Spur, where it will drop a cut of cars.

The Boron Local shoves down the Borax Lead with three SD45-2 rebuilds and a whopping 95 cars (plus an ex-ATSF caboose). It's nice to see standard cab EMDs on the BNSF in Southern California. The l... (more)

The returning Boron Local is greeted by the conductor on Q STOCHI6 22L in the hole at Jim Grey as both sets of crews near the end of their trips.

Eastbound autos sail through the Mojave Desert on a scorching September afternoon.

The Boron Local backs down the Borax Spur for a small cut for Rio Tinto's massive plant, which can be seen in the background. While today's train isn't a good indicator of such, this is the larges... (more)

The Boron Local shoves down the Rich Spur behind four ex-ATSF EMDs in the form of three SD45-2s and a GP39-2, the latter still in ATSF paint.

We are at Jim Grey on the Mojave Sub of the BNSF, a few miles east of Boron and Kramer Junction when the Q-STOCHI6-22L Stockton to Chicago stacks has stopped at a red and is giving the Boron Local... (more)