BNSF 774 rolls into Mojave.

BNSF 4490 departs Keddie and heads up the Gateway Sub.

Low sun picks and chooses what to highlight as BNSF 4983 drops out of Bealville.

Last light filters through the narrow canyon between Caliente and Ilmon and graces the flanks of a Northbound BNSF manifest.

BNSF 4933 leads a northbound manifest out of Bealville and is about to plunge into Tunnel 2.

BNSF 4410 takes the signal at Sandcut, while the sun drops below the horizon.

BNSF 4975 stops at Quantico while waiting for a Union Pacific train to change crews and clear up Kern Junction.

BNSF 4925 leads the Barstow, CA to Pasco, WA manifest out of Bealville.

BNSF 5404 drops downgrade between Tunnels 5 and 3 during the peak of a solar eclipse. Tehachapi Pass only saw a partial eclipse, but the lighting conditions were still quite unique.

BNSF 4198 eases out of Bealville and is about to enter Tunnel 2 on Tehachapi Pass.

With sun visors down, the crew of BNSF 5459 shields their eyes from the late afternoon sun as the train glides through Sandcut.

BNSF 5459 crosses the Caliente Creek while negotiating the horseshoe curve at Caliente.

BNSF 5271 leads a manifest train through Bena under a late afternoon sun.

With Venus prominent in a luminous twilight sky, the bark of four locomotives rolls across the desert, displacing the tranquility momentarily. The resonance peaks as the train passes under the ag... (more)

Creeping shadows will soon overtake the north end of Cliff siding while BNSF 5387 continues it's journey over the pass.