Diesels under the wires

Going to sea by rail
An eastbound Union Pacific freight begins the long trek across Great Salt Lake at Lakeside, Utah, as the end of the train in the foreground is about to leave terra ... (more)

At sunset, an eastbound BNSF intermodal hot-shot lights up the rails at Amboy.

This view illustrates how mainline rail grinders skip switches while re-profiling rail. They also wet down the track to prevent sparks from starting fires which clearly shows the "skip" over the ... (more)

As dusk starts to settle in the northern Arizona Desert, a pair of BNSF GEs pull a Los Angeles bound empty well car train towards Kingman.

NS 117 is southbound at Gradison, KY on the CNO&TP with the Lackawanna Heritage unit leading.

If I close my eyes, it sounds like the 1990s. BNSF 4064 doesn't not have the traditional K3LA Dash 9 Horn. It has a RS3L, the horn on most ATSF units. This is the first time in years I've heard a ... (more)

3 Blue and Yellow GP's power a small local from Flagstaff into Winslow, seen here at West Winslow on May 13, 2012.

Q107 is still rounding the corner off the Toledo Branch at Ridgeway with the tail end of the train visible just to the left of the lead unit.

With only about 20 minutes of light left, BNSF 7207 leads a hot Z8 across the Mojave desert through Amboy as it chases a heavy 10,000 foot stack train up Ash Hill.

On a down day shooting 3751 in Arizona we spend a day shooting the Apache Railway and at the end of the day we find ourselves on this overpass at the west end of BNSF's Winslow yard shooting what ... (more)

A solid TOFC train heads South as it enters the Tehachapi's at Sandcut.

As two eastbounds approach Winslow out of torrential rain, a bolt of lightning hits the ground in the direction of Two Guns.

Crossing the expansive Great Salt Lake basin, an eastbound Union Pacific freight approaches Lakeside, Utah, on March 5, 2012. In the distance is Hogup Ridge, and to the left are the evaporative ba... (more)