Leaving the wide open and sand swept desert at Basin, CA the rails of Union Pacific's Cima Subdivision come to ride along the northern bank of the Mojave River Wash as the two snake through the co... (more)
A loaded coal train, bound for the interchange with the Trona Railway at Searles on the old SP Jawbone branch, crawls westbound through the east end of Afton Canyon at Basin.
One of Union Pacific's recently delivered heavy SD70ACes, called SD70AHs by the UP, leads an eastbound manifest through Afton Canyon on the old LA&SL. The sun has only recently made its way into ... (more)
A Union Pacific freight train streaks through the night, as it passes through the truss bridges that span the Mojave River at the east end of Afton Canyon.