BNSF 7047 West stops at the BNSF MOW offices in Flagstaff to drop off a Dispatcher (LB). He would wait only a few minutes before an eastbound train would take him back down the hill to Winslow.

With a break in the clouds, the sun was able to shine over Flagstaff for a few minutes to allow a photo opp. for this westbound Q ATGLAC6 as it battles the Arizona Divide after a winter storm hit ... (more)

From the top of Mars Hill, you can get an amazing view of downtown Flagstaff. In the center of town is the transcontinental rail line. Here, a trio of Evolution Series locomotives battle gravity a... (more)

A Chicago, IL to San Bernardino, CA double stack train hustles through Flagstaff as it passes by the restored Amtrak station.

The Phoenix Flyer charges towards the summit of the Arizona Divide (7,335ft.) as it rolls through the Coconino National Forest in Flagstaff.

A new ES44C4 heads east.

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's very last new locomotive leads a stack train west across the 7335 ft. Arizona Divide on Oct. 5, 1995.

The parade of the BNSF doublestacks on the Transcon through Flagstaff is impressing and shaking, when standing on the platform.

A quartet of Santa Fe Super Fleet motors (SD75M, GP60B, GP60B, C41-8W) lead a hot piggyback train at Belle Springs Road in West Flagstaff, Arizona on Oct. 5, 1995.

Moments before sundown, a 78 car coil steel train approaches downtown Flagstaff on Sept. 19, 1994. The old Route 66 bridge above Santa Fe's Seligman Subdivision is in the background.

A faded Heritage One BNSF Dash-9, along with an NS Dash-9 which is uncommon to the area, head east. They snake away from the San Francisco peaks sticking up to the sky next to Flagstaff.

A brand new ES44C4 leads an eastbound stack train east of town under the picturesque San Fransisco mountains.

No snow today

The first train from Grand Canyon is observed in Anita, a small ghost village in the Kaibab forests.

One of the people who encouraged my joining the hobby of railfanning most is my grandfather, so I was glad that he was able to come along on my Arizona trip. He later said it was the most trains h... (more)