The early morning rays of sun warm the head end of Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief as it races through Holbrook on a warm summer morning in eastern Arizona.

On a pleasant April afternoon, I got the motivation to "battle" the road to the Canyon Diablo bridge between Flagstaff and Winslow. One of the first trains I caught was the Richmond, CA to Allianc... (more)

One of BNSF's executive units hustles a westbound junk train down the western slope of the Arizona Divide days before a late winter storm would hit.

A solid lash up of "green goats" makes it feel like it's 1999 when BNSF was coming out with their new H1 paint scheme. Well, it isn't 1999 and times have changed. In 2015, these H1 painted locomot... (more)

Four 4400 horsepower locomotives are using every one of those horses to pull over a mile of sea containers through Nelson Canyon on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Arizona.

BNSF's SD70ACe are rare to see out here in the Southwest, especially as the lead unit. Earlier that day, I saw one leading a westbound stack, but wasn't able to get a photo of it. Luckily, another... (more)

The daily Belen, NM to Barstow, CA manifest rounds the curve of Antares with a warbonnet on the point.

A pair of GE motors hustle an empty grain shuttle over Yampai Hill at Hackberry. Even though it is an empty train, the 1.5 percent grade begins to take its toll on the locomotives as they're worki... (more)

A westbound loaded grain train slowly navigates the down hill grade towards Seligman on the Crookton line change on a windy March evening.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train slowly climbs Ash Hill as it snakes across the Mojave Desert at Siberia.

After running from Cadiz, this BNSF crew slowly makes its way into Barstow yard for a new crew that will take the train over Tehachapi Pass.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train descends into Barstow area as it knocks down the signal at Dagget.

Three UP SD70M pull the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train over Ash Hill in the Mojave Desert as it makes the journey to Fresno, CA for the circus' next show.

Recently General Electric Tier 4 Demonstrator unit is being tested along the BNSF's transcon. Here, GECX 2034 is in charge of a hot Los Angeles Z8 intermodal train through Peach Springs on a warm ... (more)

Recently, General Electric has been testing their new Tier 4 demonstrator units across BNSF's Transcon. On June 24th, GECX 2028 was being tested as a lead unit on a hot Los Angeles, CA to Willow S... (more)