In the yard, ready for work. Notice the BNSF Transcon on the hillside above.

The lights from behind the 4960 illuminate the steam escaping from around the locomotive... Today, the 4960 will pull its first revenue train for the season...by helping pull Thomas the Tank Engin... (more)

The lights from behind the 4960 illuminate the steam escaping from around the locomotive... Today, the 4960 will pull its first revenue train for the season...by helping pull Thomas the Tank Engin... (more)

6773, 6860 & 6793 laying over at Grand Canyon Depot before their return to Williams, Arizona with the 15:30 departure.

6773 fires up at Grand Canyon Depot ready for the run back to Williams with 6860 and 6793.

A crew member boards the 6793 while passengers detrain at Williams. The train will then tie up in Williams Yard. Sony 3.2 MP Cyber-shot

6793 rests at Grand Canyon station after a run from Williams on a spring afternoon. Nikon FM2 Film SLR

The "Chief" races through Quivero Arizona as a fire near the South Rim of the Canyon burns off in the distance...it a few seconds the train will slow down and stop, to be "robbed", just like it is... (more)

It's 5 pm..and the "Williams Flyer" (Train #3) is led into the Williams over the bridge at Milepost 4.

It's 3am...and the last of the air has finally escaped from the locomotive's main resivors... Within a few hours the sun will come up over Williams...and and two 13 car trains ,The "Williams Flye... (more)

I remember as a youngster in the early 1970s walking along these tracks when they were quite rusty and disused. It's not common that you can visit an abandoned stretch of track, and then 30 years... (more)

Double heading with ATSF 3751, Grand Canyon 4960 is leading the way back from the Grand Canyon as part of the 2002 NRHS Convention of 2002.

Brand New Scheme

Brand New Scheme