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Another freight train passes by as I ride up Nipton-Moore Road, Mojave National Preserve

7500-nipton-moore-road.jpg Some yellow flowers add to the predominately dull-green landscapeThumbnailsThis train is hauling an endless number of tanks of a presumably deleterious substanceSome yellow flowers add to the predominately dull-green landscapeThumbnailsThis train is hauling an endless number of tanks of a presumably deleterious substanceSome yellow flowers add to the predominately dull-green landscapeThumbnailsThis train is hauling an endless number of tanks of a presumably deleterious substanceSome yellow flowers add to the predominately dull-green landscapeThumbnailsThis train is hauling an endless number of tanks of a presumably deleterious substanceSome yellow flowers add to the predominately dull-green landscapeThumbnailsThis train is hauling an endless number of tanks of a presumably deleterious substance

With the New York Mountains in the background, the train seems rather slow because it's climbing a one percent grade, but it's still faster than me on the 10-ton bike.