One of what seems like an infinite number of cacti looks on as a pair of UP engines climb up the hill out of Gila Bend with a rack train.
UP 5300 west heads towards Tucson and a recrew.
Eastbound through Kingman Canyon
Sping color in the desert.
CBRY 502 leads 54 loads, just west of Ray Junction, bound for the dumper at Hayden, AZ.
Sicily island: an old OMS/TIBB railcar (built in 70s) class ADe 11-20 running around Etna volcano between Catania and Riposto, approaching Scalilli station.
A Joshua tree stands alone as a BNSF container train overtakes a UP manifest at Warren.
Dynamic brakes begin to whine as a westbound winds its way through the Sonoran Desert National Monument. Many of the Saguaro cacti are taller than the double-stacked containers.
An Eastbound with two GE convertibles and a rare C36-7 at Shawmut summit.
Another Eastbound crests Shawmut Summit.
UP 5380 has just split the signals at West Cima leading a freight up the 2.2% grade of Cima Hill.
A westbound stack train rolls across the vast Mojave Desert on UP's Cima Sub.
With flowers blooming, prickly cacti and good sunlight, a day at Hill 582 can provide the photographer interesting results.
