It's 105ºF (40.5ºC) and monsoonal clouds are building in the east as BNSF train H-KCKBAR9-11A (High Priority Merchandise; Kansas City KS to Barstow CA) crosses the Mojave Desert. This freight h... (more)
A hot Z train for Willow Springs glides around the curves leading into Ludlow.
A quartet of BNSF GEs lead an eastbound Z train around the reverse curves west of Ludlow.
Barstow-Tulsa mixed freight heads east at Ludlow.
Heading east towards Alliance, TX, BNSF ES44DC 7317 pulls into Ludlow.
BNSF ES44C4 6559 heads into Ludlow with a Tulsa bound mixed freight.
81 GGPX loads from Carbon Coal Mine at Defiance, NM climb out of Ludlow, CA.
Priority intermodal for Alliance, TX pulls through Ludlow, CA.
An eastbound Z train negotiates the reverse curves west of Ludlow.
BNSF 6331E leads a Z-STOWSP east on the Needles Sub slowing down for the tight curves at Ludlow.
Ethanol loads from Plainview, TX climb westward on the Needles Sub just west of Ludlow, CA.
Memphis bound priority intermodal speeds into Ludlow.
BNSF 7400 leads an eastbound train up grade out of Ludlow as the sun sets in the background.
BNSF C44-9W 4334 shoves a Willow Springs destined Z train uphill out of Ludlow.
Climbing out of Ludlow towards Ash Hill, five GE locomotives notch up as they hustle 73 UPS loads on a hot LA to Willow Srpings, IL Z6.