This is the UP Gila Sub that was once the ex-Southern Pacific Sunset Route that runs 255 miles from Yuma, AZ, to Tuscon, AZ. In the Shawmut area, the railroad works thru the Sonoran Desert and... (more)
A long and heavy EB intermodal train makes it way through Cienega Creek on a beautiful September night
UP 1996 passes the Arizona Trail in Vail, AZ
A heavy WB grain snakes its way through Cienega Creek
An Eastbound Union Pacific train climbs up the hill at Shawmut on a late summer afternoon, in front of the famous Southern Arizona Saguaros.
Running late this morning; the Arizona & California Railway drops though Wickenburg Canyon en route on the BNSF Peavine subdivision. Their goal this morning is the make the BNSF interchange at Cas... (more)
A long eastbound stack train winds its way upgrade through the west end of Kingman Canyon. The EMD leader was one of only two observed during eight days on the western end of the Transcon.
A long EB empty oil train climbs upgrade through Kingman Canyon
A short but heavy Tucson, AZ to El Paso, TX manifest train climbs upgrade through Cienega Creek to the summit in Mescal
NS 9133 leads a WB auto through Vail
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UP 5405 leads a long WB intermodal train over Cienega Creek trying to escape the monsoon storms
A Union Pacific intermodal rolls downhill in the Sonoran Desert with a growing monsoon storm to the East.
A trio of matching Arizona & California SD40M-2s lead M-MATPHX towards the siding at Castle Hot Springs, where the BNSF local awaits. Once the swap is complete,#4002 will lead the westbound counte... (more)
