BNSF's Mojave Main Line

Ash Hill was named in honor of Ben Ash. He was a railroad surveyor who died from lack of water while working out in the Mojave Desert.

I've driven between San Bernardino and Needles countless times in my life, going out to the Colorado River with my family a few times a year. I've spent so many car trips pacing the massive freight trains racing across the desert, and stopping at places like Ludlow, Goffs and Amboy to get out and watch them speed by. It's awesome to see a video like this capturing my favorite part of the desert and my favorite stretch of rail in detail. My particular favorite location is Amboy, the old motel there is a true gem in the middle of nowhere. There's a small bridge about a quarter mile west of the crossing there that I like to stand under when one of the trains goes by overhead, even though it's probably not the safest thing to do, haha! Thank you for documenting this part of desert rail, and I hope it wasn't too hot out there :)

Extraordinary cinema photographs of the trains in these areas. They are apparently lonely, desert lands, which are suddenly traversed by long and powerful freight trains.

Love your videos. Beautiful scenery, well filmed and professionally narrated.

I was stranded in Ludlow for 24 hrs, in a sand storm on my motorcycle 51 years ago. Stayed in a flea bag motel. What a Nothingville. LOL!!!

First video that I've seen that really gives a sense of how long some of these trains are. It's hard to capture an entire train within a frame. Well done!

Great video, awesome angles. Well done ! Very familiar with Cadiz; retired after 17 years with ARZC. G&W scheme also called "pumpkin paint" & " candy corn color." ARZC green & cream had way more class...

Out of all programs this one gives a great detail of the subject and makes the viewer understand how the system works- We all drive and seen the trains go by and just ignore the way they work thanks for a trip explanation.

Love the various names such as Siberia, Klondike, and Baghdad 👍✌️🇨🇦

Wonderful videography! I like the line, "...the dynamics should hold." Said that myself some, didn't always work out that way.

You have a really nice eye for the photographic arts.

Thanks airing and sharing the outstanding video with magnificent locomotives. Railfanning endeavors are prominent. Bliss

To me it will always be the Santa Fe!

Great video, clear images, super narration and wonderful scenery. Your knowledge of the train numbers and cargo/freight types helps the viewers. Very well done. Looks like a great place to spend the day out in the wide opens! Thanks!

I love seeing norfolk southern & CSX locomotives in the drag

Excellent program. I can't afford to travel. So your the next best way of getting out and about via rail. I love trains so it's even better.

Awesome scenery! that most of us just glance at on the way by from the freeway. Thanks for sharing. It looks very warm too!

I lived in Mojave in the summer of 2015. I recall seeing the trains coming and going as they crossed the desert having just crossed over or were about to ascend the Tehachapi Pass and then Bakersfield. Earlier in my life I lived near Sacramento and Roseville. Back then Southern Pacific trains were either heading to or had just come down the Donner Summit grade. My hiking and fishing trips near Blue Canyon and Soda Springs were always so much more memorable as the locomotives made their journey.

It's been awhile, but I've ridden my Harley over to Needles and stayed at the Best Western in the east part of town for a couple days just to watch the trains

Great footage and narration as always, thank you so much for making these. I'm amazed that Genesis can be pulled like that as the link between four locomotives and the rest of the freight train, would have guessed the passenger equipment would be built light and not rated for those forces. Neat catching that one for sure