Daggett is only 1½ miles (2.4 km) from Barstow, but far enough away to have desert scenery that makes Barstow look like Los Angeles in comparison. (And, yes, that is a massive exaggeration ... o... (more)

Just about to divert from BNSF Railway’s Needles Sub (on which UP has trackage rights) onto Union Pacific’s Los Angeles Sub – at least for another 3 miles (4.8 km), until arriving in Yermo (... (more)

UP, Union Pacific SD40-2's 3647-3787-3227-3534, with a eastbound ore train swing off the AT&SF, and on to the UP at Daggett, California. June 23, 1984. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Holding at West Daggett is BNSF Railway train U-RAVWAT7-12A, a unit train of tank cars full of ethanol, heading for the BNSF's Watson Yard, near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and near a... (more)

BNSF Railway Intermodal Stacks train S-FRESCO1-13A rolls under the West Daggett signal bridge as it approaches Barstow on its way from Fremont NE to Long Beach CA. With just 72 loaded cars, this ... (more)

UP 3076 leads the eastbound ZLBDV back onto home rails at Daggett.

The Yermo to Mojave local departs Daggett after a brief wait to enter BNSF trackage account MOW.

BNSF 7064 leads a westbound train past a MoW crew that was working on a switch at West Daggett at sunrise.

UP 7615 leads the eastbound MWCNP and is about to enter home rails at Daggett.

A loaded coal train bound for Long Beach enters BNSF trackage at Daggett.

To commemorate the Union Pacific employees who were also active military reservists, UP painted SD40-2 3593 (ex-UP 8084) into this distinctive camouflage scheme. A plaque listing all sixty-six of... (more)

Despite being 238,900 miiles away, the size of tonight's rising moon is impressive as the celestial body moves slowly through the sky, and notably, faster than the BNSF 7806's train. Passing throu... (more)

BNSF Railway train Q-NSABAR6-20, a Guaranteed Service Intermodal train operating from Norfolk Southern’s Ashland Avenue Yard in Chicago, Illinois, to Barstow, California, has arrived at the east... (more)

A colorful QLACATG gets back underway after stopping for traffic ahead.

The rising sun glints off the side of BNSF Railway train Q-NSABAR6-20, a Guaranteed Service Intermodal train operating from Norfolk Southern’s Ashland Avenue Yard in Chicago, Illinois, to Barsto... (more)