BNSF ES44AC 5745 climbs out of the valley at Needles leading a westbound mixed freight towards Barstow.

Intermodal for Stockton, CA climbs west on main #1 of BNSF's Needles Sub.

A foreign visitor from north of the border leads a Q train up Goffs Hill.

Foreign power in the form of CP AC4400CWM 8133 leads a Memphis-Stockton Q train up the hill away from Needles.

BNSF's priority manifest from Galesburg, IL - Barstow, CA is only a handful of minutes into the hour (+) long climb to Goffs from the bottom of the hill at Needles.

BNSF 3289 leads the H-BARKCK downhill into Needles.

BNSF ES44C4 7159 shoves a train of empty JB Hunt containers up hill west of Needles, CA.

A JB Hunt reposition move from Phoenix to San Bernardino heads west on the Needles Sub.

BNSF ES44C4 8111 flies down the hill towards Needles for a crew change leading a San Bernardino-Willow Springs hotshot.

Priority intermodal from San Bernardino to Willow Springs glides down Main #3 on BNSF's recently triple tracked eastern portion of the Needles Sub.

Santa Fe, AT&SF SD40-2 5027, leads a westbound out of Needles, California. June 29, 1982. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

BNSF 780-6346-153-497, leads eastbound stacks at MP567 on the Seligman sub through Moabi Park, Needles, California. April 15, 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

ATSF 3706 receives some TLC at Needles California in 1933. The 4-8-2 has an eight car Chief in tow. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF train number 20, The Chief, is seen at Needles California in 1933. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

With only a week left till Christmas, BNSF and UPS are rushing their last minute packages to be delivered before Christmas morning. During "Peak Season", the railroad adds extra trains t... (more)