The Santa Fe heritage still lives on the rails that were once ruled by blue and yellow locomotives. Darling, roughly fifteen miles east of Flagstaff, still has one of the original style station si... (more)

From the top of one of hills surrounding the Valentine community, a hot Chicago, IL to San Bernardino, CA intermodal train races westward towards Needles, CA for a new crew.

An eastbound Z-train rumbles through Kingman Canyon as it crosses over one of the high bridges, still embracing the Santa Fe logo, on a warm April evening.

EMD power is become a normal thing around the south west region of the former Santa Fe transcon. With coal train down, coal train locomotives have been sneaking their way into the LA pool route. O... (more)

The last few minutes of sunlight reflect off the side of an eastbound BNSF autorack train as it navigates through the S-curve at Hackberry, Arizona. The three units on the head end battle the grad... (more)

The hot Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z-train ( Z WSPNBY9 01L), races down Goffs Hill near Essex as the head end of the Z LACNYC9 can be seen chugging along in the top left of the frame.

The setting sun peaks through clouds on a warm, August evening in Arizona's high desert as an empty grain shuttle hustles eastward at Hackberry Rd. crossing.

Fresh powder from the night before lays on the ground near the summit of Arizona Divide as this Chicago, IL to Stockton, CA intermodal train battles the last few feet before reaching the 7,335 ft ... (more)

Approaching the River of the Pines, the Cumbres & Toltec westbound train for Chama, New Mexico slowly moves at the foothills of the hillsides that surround the valley. In the foreground is the tra... (more)

Looking down from Mars Hill on a chilly spring night, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3, westbound servers from Chicago to Los Angeles, preforms its station work in Flagstaff as the rear of an eastbound... (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)

After holding in the siding at Valentine for the Z LACCHI7 (UPS train for Chicago), an auto train bound for El Paso, TX begins the charge through Crozier Canyon on a late winter evening.

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)