As the rain falls in the distance and no train...signals provide the photo subject. Thats Picacho peak to the right. Looks like the ladder on the signal got a little torn up somehow.

First lighting shot for my return to Arizona. This was a tough one since it was still pretty bright out. Even at F/22 I had to use a shutter speed around 2 seconds, but I got a nice cluster of lig... (more)

A Early mourning UP trains huffs and puffs into Rillito, just about to cross Tangerine Rd

CSX makes a slow approch to the busy crossbuck, while the sunset wears down.

A west bound stack train moves on to Yuma

A huge consit of various class 1 railroads, with CSX, NS (highhood), UP. This is not something that is seen on the rails of Tucson alot, although it has been more and more frequent over the past m... (more)

Just after sunset, with Rillito completely flooded from a monsoon storm the day before, 4386 East slides into the siding to meet an opposing train.

Dual lightning strikes during a monsoon storm as seen from Rillito on UP's Sunset Route.

CSX SD40-2 8231 leads a westbound UP vehicle train through intermediate signals just east of Rillito.

An eastbound stack train climbs toward Tucson under the gaze of the Tortolita Mountains.

Vivid lightning rips through the sky over the Tortolita Mountains as an eastbound UP freight activates the CTC signal at the west end of Rillito.

As the sunset and night comes to life the railroad still is at work, Picacho Peak in the background

A consit of UP sits in the Spur track of Rillito, waiting to go into the Cement Plant to collect the load

SP 8193 West is parked in Rillito siding awaiting a fresh crew as an eastbound double-stack meets it on the main.