14,000 tons are on the drawbar of the BNSF 712 as it pulls a Kansas City, KS to Barstow, CA manifest train over Yampai Hill. With a 3x2x1 power configuration, the KCKBAR still struggles up the 1.4... (more)

An eastbound Z-train snakes its way through Crozier Canyon as it grinds up the 1.4% grade of the canyon.

Stacks from Long Beach, CA to Memphis, TN negotiates the tight curves of Crozier Canyon as the sound of three GE prime movers battling the grade echo throughout the canyon.

Four Norfolk Southern locomotives lead the San Bernardino, CA to Austell, GA (via NS interchange at Memphis, TN) Z-train as they charge out of Walapai and round the curve of Antares. Normally, the... (more)

BNSF 712 leads a 14,000 ton Kansas City, KS to Barstow, CA manifest train across the hogbacks of Hackberry. All 9,000 ft of train can be seen as the red and silver warbonnet painted Dash-9 notches... (more)

The hot Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z1 waste no time climbing the 1.4% grade of Yampai Hill as the sound of three GE motors roar in notch 8.

Three General Electric locomotives climb the 1.4% grade of Yampai Hill as they pull the Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z-train.

The Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA UPS train charges out of the sag of Pica as it begins the climb up Yampai Hill. Normally, these Z-WSPLACs are short, hotshot trains. Today however, the Z-... (more)

12,000 tons of Galesburg, IL merchandise descends down the 1% grade between Valentine and Hackberry as four GE locomotives (3x1) keep the heavy train under control under stormy skies.

A NS rebuilt GE AC44C6M, #40442, leads a Barstow-bound military train though Kingman Canyon as it descends down the steeper (1.8% grade) Main Track #1.

A Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino, CA Z3 passes the Z-LACWSP1 as they both negotiate the tight curves of Crozier Canyon. Spring rain showers have brought out some hint of greenery to Arizona'... (more)

The DP locomotives of an empty coal train make their way north on Main Track #2 as a southbound loaded coal train slowly moves on Main Track #1 at Spruce. The loaded coal train is led by a pair of... (more)

A heavy coal train, bound for Donnie, TX, charges across the Brush Subdivision as it split the signals near Atwood, CO on its journey west towards Denver, CO.

A pair of SD70ACes lead a Rawhide Mine, WY to Smithers Lake, TX coal train over Colorado's Joint Line as they climb the 1% grade of Sedalia.

A rapidly moving winter storm is moving eastward across the Mojave Desert. Dramatic clouds were forming just as quickly as the sun would start to set behind them. The potential of dramatic lightin... (more)