A BNSF manifest blasts out of thick fog into sunlight before entering another layer of fog behind me.

Long shadows and crisp afternoon light greet a fast moving downhill intermodal.

Just minutes before the sun fell below the horizon, a BNSF stack glows in the ever so orange sunmer sunset light. This is a slightly more zoomed in photo from my previous upload, with the train a ... (more)

Just minutes before the sun fell below the horizon, a BNSF stack glows in the ever so orange sunmer sunset light. To the right is the small ranch with an old shed and an older style truck.

In the late afternoon, a short BNSF Z glides downhill at Maine after just tackling the mighty Supai Summit, with the San Francisco Peaks in the background.

A hot BNSF Z train curves through Crozier canyon, with the shadows growing rapidly as the sun begins to lower.

Two Z trains (the 2nd one to the right being BNSF 6696 W. Z ALTSTO9 02L) meet in Kingman Canyon on a blazing hot afternoon.

A beautiful clear morning in the open lands between Seligman and Yampai hill is greeted with fog at sunrise. At Audley here in this photo, an empty grain passes a Stack train, with the Fog beginni... (more)

After a long day of Monsoon storms, the leftover clouds make for an incredible vibrant sunset on the western side of the Seligman Sub. In this photo, the train is heading eastbound through the cur... (more)

After a long day of Monsoon storms, the leftover clouds make for an incredible vibrant sunset on the western side of the Seligman Sub.

A Union Pacific intermodal rolls downhill in the Sonoran Desert with a growing monsoon storm to the East.

A nice little suckerhole to light up a dark scene. With storm clouds forming at an incredible rate, this was basically the last bit of sunshine left until sunset on this stormy day.

A beautiful morning in Seligman Az. with fog to the west, after 11 days in a row of rain from monsoon storms.

Here in Maricopa County, Arizona we typically get Monsoon storms in the summer time when cold fronts mix with our extreme heat. Also, we tend to get dust storms (haboobs) which originate from the ... (more)

The perfect balance of sunlight and dark monsoon storm clouds.