BNSF'S MOJAVE MAIN LINE - THE NEEDLES SUB Narrow Gauge Learn the history of the

Learn the history of the Helper/Soldier Summit area

Programs rail footage era spring 2010

Posted 10-15-08

Volume 5 in the series features the Pennsylvania Railroad between Chicago

Palmer Lake

BNSF'S MOJAVE MAIN LINE - THE NEEDLES SUB Narrow Gauge Learn the history of theBNSFs 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