Locomotives are needed in Los Angeles, which explains why BNSF Railway D-BARLAC3-09 (Light Engines, Barstow CA to Los Angeles CA) speeds through Basta, at milepost 163 (two miles west of Fullerton... (more)

3 units, with 3 more cut in mid-train lead a long HKCKBAR up Ash Hill in the early afternoon.

BNSF 4681 leads an SD75M and NS unit on this eastbound Q train as it fly's through Kingman in the early morning.

A pair of Dash 9s pulling a west bound manifest freight look good in the early morning sun.

Southbound tonnage grinds through the Cable crossover, the last in a fleet of 6 BNSF trains to pass this location in 45min.

BNSF 4681 lighting up the rails ahead as it is about to pass the intermediate searchlight at Hill 582 eastbound between Alray and Silverwood on BNSF's Cajon Sub. This was a 15 second exposure take... (more)

These are not wrong-side running ... they are actually DPUs on a double stack, about to complete the summit bid on the Arizona Divide.

Getting ready to cross the Mississippi River

BNSF 4681 point engine of a eastbound stack on a mid morning departure from Needles