West Bound manifest crosses over Highway 60 towards Barstow, CA

The first run of the Southwest Chief from Chicago after a brief cancellation due to a BNSF derailment in Williams, AZ wastes no time leaving Las Vegas, NM behind. Note the Santa Fe inscriptions st... (more)

Amtrak engine #74 (P42DC) leads the Southwest Chief over the bridge in Springer, New Mexico.

Three Santa Fe six-axles have no problem making track speed with a 22-car westbound TOFC train at 5:25 pm on May 15, 1985. They’re crossing Bridge 2 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico.

A late afternoon thunderstorm is raging over Albuquerque to the northwest of Bridge One at the west end of Abo Canyon. An A-B-A engine consist of GP60's is powering an eastbound intermodal from S... (more)

C&TS 487 is crossing the bridge that used to take Highway 17 across Cumbres Pass before the road was relocated and enlarged.

Eastbound empty auto racks return to the factories for more cars to serve the west coast market. The Santa Fe train is entering Abo Canyon, New Mexico.

The Grand Canyon Line Lives. Dating back to the glory days of this rail line's original owner, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, this bridge crossing found just south of Las Vegas,... (more)

Along a lonely seemingly unnamed road near I-25, I waited for the arrival of this southbound Rail Runner train. All the while keeping an eye out for critters with ill intent on their little minds.

D&RGW OY on Lobato Trestle

Rotary steam powered snow plow OY rolls home after a day fighting snow over Cumbres Pass. Here passing over Lobato Trestle. Doing the honors with ... (more)

The Air Up There..

Hey, I've gone aloft as I catch The Southwest Chief racing below the Sandia Mountains and into Albuquerque

Santa Fe power mixed with an LMX leaser exits Abo Canyon with a westbound train headed for Belen, NM. A couple years into BNSF, it was nice to still be able to see "pure" Santa Fe locos,... (more)

The Plains of New Mexico - In addition to the many fantastic topographical features that New Mexico has to offer, there is also a lot of flat ground and rolling hills between Wagon Mound an... (more)

Sometimes you just get lucky. BNSF 2470, still in ATSF blue/yellow paint, leads a mixed bag of paint schemes, with NS, FURX, BN, and new BNSF paint schemes following the lead unit. Bridge #2 at ... (more)

BNSF 4339 leads an eastbound doublestack train across the 1st bridge in Abo Canyon. E Sais, NM, Apr 1, 2005.