A load grain train (operating with a 4x3x2 power configuration) rolls into the sag at Pica before making a run up Yampai Hill. Before this, the grain train came to a stop at East Pica to let the Z... (more)

The fading sun shines off the nose of the BNSF 7058 as it slowly climbs over the hump of MP 444 as it follows close behind westbound traffic at Pica.

A veteran Dash-9 leads a Los Angeles Harbor (Pier 400) to Memphis, TN intermodal train through the sag of Pica.

Q-CHISBD7 follows behind an H-BELBAR about a minute before the sun set behind the hills to the west.

Z-LACCHI7 heads away from the setting sun at Pica.

The afternoon draws to a close as the H-BELBAR heads west into the setting sun.

The Slaton, TX to Barstow, CA manifest start to lose speed as gravity begins fight the 10,000 ton train during the climb up Yampai Hill. On the spur track, a lone well car sits bad ordered, waitin... (more)

BNSF 7025 leads an eastbound stack train down into West Pica on the BNSF Seligman Sub

A trio of GE's pose underneath a beautiful sky as it begins the steep ascent up to Yampai summit.

The day following a tragic rear-end accident in Crozier Canyon traffic was single tracked from Cherokee to Valentine. DS was fleeting trains, and when this westbound z train went by trains were li... (more)

A heavy grain train crawls up Yampai hill in the first 10 minutes of light on a beautifully clear Sunday morning.

A heavy grain train hits Yampai hill right as the sun begins to rise.

Just as the sun is about to set, a westbound stack train is beginning the pull up Yampai Hill. The head end has just passed the landmark water tank at West Pica.

A westbound domestic stack train splits the signals at West Pica and is about to begin the hard pull up Yampai Hill.

Working hard on the climb up Yampai Hill, four units are westbound with a domestic stack train. Red Mesa, with its distinctive radar tower, marks the far side of the Aubrey Valley. Just beyond i... (more)