After holding the intermediate signal on the eastern side of town as track work backs up traffic, this New York to Los Angeles stack trains begins to notch up with two NS EMD locomotives trailing.... (more)

One of BNSF's new Tier 4 GE locomotives leads the relative new "guaranteed service" intermodal train from Los Angeles, CA to Austell, GA out of Flagstaff, Ariz. as the last rays of light... (more)

In the late 1950s, the ATSF railway created a new line between Seligman and Williams, AZ to reduce the steepness of the grade from a 4% grade to 1%. While constructing the new line, workers had to... (more)

Thunder Mountain Railroading...Afternoon thunderstorms have rolled into northern Arizona's high country, providing for dark and threatening clouds. Along with the sounds of distant thunder,... (more)

After an afternoon of rain showers across northern Arizona, a rainbow has appeared along the eastern side of Flagstaff. With only a few minutes left of sunlight, the slow moving Belen, NM to Phoen... (more)

With the sunlight fading behind the western ladscape, four mighty GE locomotives snake their way through the Coconino Pine Forest near Flagstaff, Ariz. Here, this Los Angeles bound intermodal trai... (more)

Grand Canyon Railway's 2-8-0 steam locomotive #29 charges hard towards the Grand Canyon as it highballs through Quivero. Once its arrives to the canyon, the crew will service the 29, and sent her ... (more)

Locked in a battle with gravity, a 120 car loaded grain train works up the southern slope of Tehachapi Pass the fading sunlight dips behind wind milled covered hills. These 100 plus car long grain... (more)

A pair of GE locomotives work hard up and over the humps just outside of Seligman, AZ as they shuffle autoracks for the midwest.

A hot Z train works up the grade through Truxton Canyon prior to entering Crozier Canyon near Valentine in April of 2013.

A hot Stockton, CA bound Z-train races into Barstow before continuing the long trip over Tehachapi Pass and to Bakersfield. Usually, train will recrew in Barstow, but these high priority intermoda... (more)

After working throughout the night and early morning over Yampai Hill, this heavy train carrying livestock feed to Lubbock, TX is greeted by the morning sun at Crookton. From here, the train will ... (more)

With the sunlight fading fast behind a thin layer of clouds and the surrounding mountains, the beastly sound of General Electric locomotives working hard begins to sound closer, and closer. Soon, ... (more)

A six car BNSF officer special races out of Flagstaff, Ariz., on perfect September evening. With the historic downtown skyline in the background, the special will waste no time racing westward to ... (more)

With snow still on the top of the San Francisco Peaks in May, a heavy Los Angeles Harbor stack train slowly rolls into Winslow, AZ. After making the 295 mile long trip from Needles, CA to the crew... (more)