Arizona Eastern Clifton Job rolls downhill into Clifton where they will hand off their train to the FMI and pickup a handful of cars to bring back up the hill.

This venerable, or soon to be venerable, B40-8 awaits its next move as rain approaches; drops would begin to fall within an hour. Note the pseudo bumper stop at the end of track, borrowed from an... (more)

A BNSF freight crosses the Clark Fork at Paradise, Montana, on September 17, 2006. Leading the eastbound manifest on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision is former Santa Fe GE B40-8 No. 8610.

A sunny, but bitter-cold morning at the Kaw River in Kansas City, Kansas. Approximately 1992

After UP leased the Clifton branch north of Lordsburg, NM to the AZER, trackage rights were included. This arrangement finds an AZER train entering the UP Sunset Route at Bowie, AZ in the morning... (more)

Flying by on the main line, a westbound BNSF freight passes local power at Holbrook, Arizona, on March 7, 2005.

NYS&W 4048, leads CSX Q136 east bound under the ex-P&WV bridge over the Youghegeny River at, Banning, PA. 4/13/1990

The daily NS to BNSF transfer train of auto racks is patiently waiting for a signal to head back towards Argentine after picking up this load of automobiles from the NS Voltz auto mixing center ju... (more)

UP's turn from Muskogee uses former MKT track to zig-zag through Tulsa's east side to Urban junction, where it enters BNSF for the run across the Arkansas River to Cherokee Yard. Before heading ba... (more)

Santa Fe's Winslow to Phoenix piggyback train departs Darling, Arizona on Sept. 28, 1994.

Santa Fe's hot piggyback train No. 189 (Chicago, IL to Richmond, CA) crests the 7244 ft. Continental Divide at Gonzales, New Mexico on Oct. 6, 1995.

Two leased GE B40-8s with a fuel tank car between them rush a piggyback train west to Denver. Apparently this was a test to keep the train moving through fuel stops. Note the diminutive trucks u... (more)

A fun mix of GE and EMD power lead a Santa Fe freight east through Cosnino, Arizona on April 3, 1989.

Westbound BNSF intermodal train near Valentine

An eastbound manifest rolls through the curves in Matfield Green, a spot pretty much defined by railroad stations, not towns. Thanks to my friend John Rost, who dragged me away from shooting rost... (more)