BNSF'S MOJAVE MAIN LINE - THE NEEDLES SUB Narrow Gauge The Canadian Pacific purchased both

The Canadian Pacific purchased both the Dakota Minnesota and Eastern and sister railroad

Lots of rare photos

Posted 5-26-15

Palmer Lake

BNSF'S MOJAVE MAIN LINE - THE NEEDLES SUB Narrow Gauge The Canadian Pacific purchased bothBNSFs Needles Subdivision travels 170 miles through one of the hottest and driest places in North America: The Mojave Desert. Between Barstow and Needles, California, the double track main line follows the rough contours of a land that is anything but flat. Modern locomotives fight an age old battle with gravity through several miles of 1. 4% grades. The wide open vistas of the desert produce great views of long trains twisting through its many