This train takes around 10 Hours from Saldillo to Ventanas, from east to west.
From behind the cactusses it was a bit painfull to take this picture...
Another not so typical view from Cienega Creek
West bound manifest crossing the bridge at Cienega Creek.
A UP westbound led by an ex-SP Dash 9 rolls downhill through cactus groves at Shawmut, about 19 miles east of Gila Bend.
Copper Basin Railway GP39 401 leads a string of empty ore hoppers back to ASARCO's Ray Mine for reloading.
Copper Basin Railway's OT1, fresh from ASARCO's Ray mine with 60 loads of ore, approaches the railroad's headquarters at Hayden.
With part of the sun already below the horizon, UP 657 East roars slowly up the grade at Shawmut surrounded by the many saguaros that populate the area.
A pair of brand-new GE C60s pull an eastbound Evergreen Marine double-stack train up the 1.0 percent grade at Shawmut.
A long eastbound vehicle train makes its way up the 1.0 percent grade at Shawmut, its autoracks visible in the distance still rolling through the low-profile forest of saguaros, mesquites, and pal... (more)
With a large saguaro cactus standing majestically near the main line, CSX 7731 East rolls past Rillito's west switch as it heads for Tucson.
Appx. 14 miles west of Del Rio, the Houston stack train has just climbed up out of the Lake Amistad area.
Westbound Autorack
Three UP engines lead a warbonnet on today's BNSF SDX east bound train ( San Diego to Barstow manifest ).