Copper Basin 502/504 emerge from Tunnel 2 in classic Arizona mountain landscape with another load of copper ore for the smelter in Hayden.
The end-of-train device on this westward recedes toward the summit of Cima Hill on this cool moonlit night in the Mojave Desert.
Union Pacific westbound coal loads begin their long and slow 2.2 percent descent down Cima Hill on a hot afternoon in the Mojave desert.
Copper Basin Railway train OT-1, with 60 cars loaded with 7800 tons of sulfide ore from the copper mine at Ray, heads southbound through a Saguaro forest toward Ray Junction on its run to the smel... (more)
A red and silver BNSF Dash 9 brings up the rear of a run-through coal train as it crosses over Number One track on UP's Sunset Route.
Late on a winter afternoon, an eastbound UP stack train blasts up the 1.0 percent at Shawmut as shadows engulf the slopes of the Maricopa Mountains.
A westbound coal train off the BNSF in New Mexico plys the UP as it heads for Tucson Electric Power's Irvington Generting Station in Tucson.
The head end of an eastbound freight flashes past the target signal at Rillito's west end as a giant saguaro stands guard.
Ex-SP tunnel motor 4464 leads an eastbound up the inclined right-of-way surrounded by blooming ocotillos at Shawmut.
15,000 horsepower and 45 freight cars are but a speck on the landscape when compared to the vast California Desert surrounding UP's Cima Subdivision. A magical, mystical place.
The silence of a desert sunrise is broken as UP 9774 slowly grinds uphill with brand new autos in tow.
An eastbound intermodal train snakes through the curves at Shawmut as it fights the 1.0 percent grade to the summit at Estrella.
UP 657 East sends the vibrations of its prime movers acorss the Sonoran Desert between Bosque and Shawmut as it battles a 1.0 percent grade.
UP 5049 leads a long intermodal train east on track #2 through Cienega Creek as it passes one of several ancient Saguaro's in this area
Union Pacific 5399 C45ACCTE Leading a west bound manifest freight on main #1 over the Cienega Creek Bridge. Eastbound main track #2 snakes below the Bridge as the #2 track follows the contours of ... (more)
