The Eastbound Southwest Chief is seen departing Winslow on a picture-perfect Arizona morning. One of the hundred or so BNSF freight trains that pass through town is seen holding waiting for The Ch... (more)

The westbound Sunset Limited is living up to its name running about an hour late today. Trailing on this particular train is a pair of Webb LLC Private Cars, the "Babbling Brook" & "... (more)

The westbound Sunset Limited is living up to its name running about an hour late today. Trailing on this particular train is a pair of Webb LLC Private Cars, the "Babbling Brook" & "... (more)

Amtrak 156 hustles east for Tuscon, AZ after running about 20-30 minutes late into Maricopa, AZ.

Amtrak #156 leads the Sunset Limited out of Tuscon, Arizona with a splash of color on the headend. The phase 1 "heritage" unit has the honors today as they get back onto schedule.

The "Parker Peavine Extra" performs a photo runby on the Fourth District of Santa Fe's Albuquerque Division. This train was a circle trip out of Los Angeles; on this day, the train was p... (more)

Amtrak #4 running 2 hours behind schedule roars through Darling AZ after a winter storm

Running about 2 hours behind schedule, Amtrak train number two leans into a superelevated curve just outside of Tuscon, Arizona.

Amtrak 43 leads the EB Sunset limited through Luzena only running 2 hours late...

Amtrak 2 glides down the 2% grade into Benson, AZ

Amtrak 156 leads AMT 2 through Cienega Creek

In my May trip out to Arizona I wanted to hit up the Lordsburg stuff since it had some different style signals on it east of Tuscon. The Lordsburg Sub is part of the Sunset Route that runs from Tu... (more)

Amtrak pops up out the deep Sag at West Winslow as a BNSF Q climbs up out of the next sag in the distance.

Running over sixteen hour late, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief, train #3, makes a daylight appearance through the northern Arizona region on the first day of May 2017. The delay was due to a n... (more)

You always need red, white and blue on the Fourth of July. On America's 212th birthday, the Southwest Chief is flying low at Canyon Diablo, between Flagstaff and Winslow.