New BNSF "Heavies" locomotives are on the point of a Black Thunder Mine, WY to Cordoro, AZ coal train as it crest the 7,200' summit of Palmer Lake, CO. The lake was filled with kayakers and paddle... (more)

BNSF 1060 and a UP locomotive bring up the rear of Sweet Grass, MT to Guernsey, CA grain train as they shove the train over the summit of the Palmer Divide on Colorado's Joint Line.

A northbound manifest from Kansas City, KS begins to accelerate after cresting the grade at Palmer Lake as it passes through Greenland.

With the summit of the Palmer Divide only a couple of miles away, a heavy loaded ballast train from Cheyenne, WY to Pueblo, CO only has to battle gravity for a little longer as the sound of GE pri... (more)

An empty Union Pacific coal train heads north (railroad west) back to North Antelope Mine to get refilled with two UP motors working as DPU motors.

A Union Pacific loaded coal train slowly traverses over the undulating territory of the Powder River Basin between Bill and Douglas, WY.

A pair of Z-trains head east at Park Moabi towards the Arizona/California state line as they begin their nearly 300 mile journey from Needles, CA to Winslow, AZ. On main 1, the tail end of the Z-S... (more)

An Amarillo (South Yard), TX to Barstow, CA manifest eases down the grade out of Crozier Canyon three GE locomotives hold back nearly 10,000 tons of train to the 25 MPH speed limit through the can... (more)

With the sun setting behind the Cerbat Mountains, a Kansas City bound Z-train races across the high desert of northwestern Arizona near Hackberry. This Z-train is running on main track 1 as it abo... (more)

Emerging out of the shadows lower Truxton Canyon, BNSF 7882 East leads a Los Angeles, CA to Logistic Park Chicago, IL Q-train as it battles the steep 1.4% grade towards Crozier Canyon and long cli... (more)

A Barstow, CA to Kansas City, KS manifest traverses up the 1.4% grade of Valentine, AZ as it approaches Crozier Canyon on BNSF's Seligman Subdivision.

The hot New York to LA UPS train races out of Valentine as it reaches to the track speed of 70 MPH.

An empty vehicle train for Richmond, CA is led by three GE locomotives as they gain speed down the grade into Walapai.

BNSF 6139 leads a San Bernardino bound Z-train through Kingman as it approaches Kingman's Amtrak station.

The hot Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA UPS train descends down the 1.3% grade of Slaughterhouse Canyon and into downtown Kingman.