Seen here, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief makes its way out of Chapelle, NM as it passes by the semaphore signals protecting the west end of the siding. Featured are only 2 of many in the area... (more)

On the last day of winter, an eastbound Z-train from San Bernardino, CA to Atlanta, GA charges up the grade out of Seligman as it navigates through the s-curve at Crookton.

During the begins of 2016, Union Pacific train were detouring over BNSF Transcon due to track work along UP's Sunset Route. During this time, there was two to four UP trains a day running over the... (more)

After getting hammered with 30 inches of snow the day before, the Arizona Divide looks like winter wonderland to start the new year of 2016. With another snow storm in background, BNSF's Flagstaff... (more)

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other...

On July 15th, 1993, as Amtrak was taking the Swedish X2000 (also known as X2) trainset around the country, it spent the day on display in... (more)

A Mile Stone for the Pacific Imperial Railroad - [Vernal Equinox 2016 +1 Series] -Congratulations are in order on a job well done for the Pacific Imperial Railroad's first "Interchange Job... (more)

Here we see Amtrak's Los Angeles bound Southwest Chief #3 as it slowly negotiates the twists and turns of famous Glorieta Pass on a stunningly crisp early Spring afternoon.

Having spent the majority of the day traversing northern New Mexico, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 prepares to knock down it's final semaphore signal as it continues it's cross-country journey towar... (more)

Spring is in the air as Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief #4 skirts beneath the "Devil's Throne" moments prior to entering into Cerrillos, NM on an absolutely beautiful March afternoon.

Eastbound stacks out of the Long Beach harbor pass under the signal bridge at Silverwood.

BNSF Tier4 3967 leads a eastbound Q train between Summit and Silverwood, as a southbound UP grain empty slips down the Palmdale Cutoff in the distance.

February 3rd, 2016, would be one of the coldest days Flagstaff has had in nearly 30 years. When I got up, it was -7 degrees at 7AM. By the time I was trackside, it warmed up to zero degrees. On th... (more)

Five General Electric locomotives are having no problem navigating through Kingman Canyon as they pull this very hot Los Angeles, CA to Willow Springs, IL UPS along the canyon walls with the Huala... (more)

With only a few minutes left of sunlight, a Logistic Park Kansas, KS to North Bay, CA intermodal train races through Walapai with a new 4200 series ES44C4 locomotives leading. In the background, t... (more)

Four BNSF Dash 9 locomotives pull a Willow Spring, IL to North Bay, CA UPS train as they slowly round the horseshoe curve of Caliente on a warm September Sunday in 2013. Three out of the four loco... (more)