At dusk BNSF 4749 passes the signal bridge as two trains are headed out of Bakersfield in the distance

After a derailment at Caliente, this very late z train is the first train to get a green signal, notice the solid warbonnet consist in the distant???

Eastbound at the horseshoe curve at Empirita

Sparklin clean 1st out at Irvington heading west.

As the rain falls in the distance and no train...signals provide the photo subject. Thats Picacho peak to the right. Looks like the ladder on the signal got a little torn up somehow.

Idiling away at Tucson yard

A storm is rolling in as the sun sets on this train in the siding

A crewmember changes the headlight before heading west. Notice the conductor relaxing through the window???

First lighting shot for my return to Arizona. This was a tough one since it was still pretty bright out. Even at F/22 I had to use a shutter speed around 2 seconds, but I got a nice cluster of lig... (more)

The new crew waits for a westbound stack train to pass at Naviska

Very close nose shot.....train was stopped by the detector for "dragging equipment".

Zoomed in on the two yellow "strypers"? Mispelled on purpose, no reason

What a contrast! Both extremes of cleanliness!

Headed west in the afternoon just outside of Eloy/Toltec

At the final curve before entering Yermo yard