On a quick trip up North we headed straight for the "Darling overlook". There were quite a few trains in the area and we never really figured out what was going on but it sure made for ... (more)

The San Francisco Peaks are in the distance. A Roger Puta Photograph

A pair of orange pumpkins pull a short, but hot, North Bay Z-train through the sag at Darling, along the eastern slope of the Arizona Divide.

BNSF 7139 East leads a long Manifest through West Darling Az. on a beautiful Saturday morning.

With the sun begins to dip behind the San Francisco mountains in Northern Arizona, a high priority UPS train from Los Angeles, CA to Willow Springs, IL races down the eastern slope of the Arizona ... (more)

A pair of former ATSF Superfleet units are the power on the Flagstaff local in Jan. 2016 as they begin their work at Darling before finishing for the day.

The San Francisco Peaks are in the background. A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief picks up speed as it enters the 90 MPH ATS track territory between Darling and Winslow as it heads east down the Arizona Divide. Amtrak usually passes through he... (more)

BNSF 4530 leading an Eastbound Intermodal out of Flagstaff, AZ

Slowly moving towards the 7,335 ft high summit of the Arizona Divide, this Q CHISBD6 stack train works hard up the 1.5 percent grade between Darling and Cosnino, AZ as snakes along side the San Fr... (more)

I remember eating dinner with a friend of mine, who's an engineer for the BNSF out Lincoln, NE, who told me "there's nothing like controlling a 16,000 ton coal train and watching an amazing s... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

The evening sun sets behind the San Francisco Peaks along the eastern slope of the Arizona Divide as a Tennessee-bound stack, led by a BNSF ES44C4 locomotive, races out of the sag at Darling. This... (more)