These trips I made with my dad down on the Santa Fe to catch the return of the red and silver warbonnets was absolutely incredible. Catching these beautiful B truck high speed hot rods, was about ... (more)

The UP 5492 rounds the top bend of the massive Shawmut "S" curve as they effortlessly glide down the grade toward California.

A quartet of Freeport McMoRan EMD GP38/38-2 locomotives slowly bring nine tankcars downgrade between Morenci and Clifton, Arizona, on October 28, 2020. The train is delivering interchange traffic ... (more)

A long eastbound train climbs the grade near Shawmut, AZ as the golden Arizona sunset reflects heavily against the yellow UP engines.

The NS 4353 and NS 7325 have the honors of lead the hot ZAILC-14 towards California.

A westbound stack n' rack climbs the grade through Shawmut, AZ in the evening golden glow.

With a decent-sized train, the UP 8863 leans into the "S" curve near Shawmut Arizona as they climb the 1.5% grade.

An EMD SD70ACe, follow by three other GE motors, hustles the Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z-train with a string of reefer cars on the headend. Running on what is normally the westbound main ... (more)

A BNSF intermodal heads west and prepares to soar over Canyon Diablo. A four pack of orange power is in charge, with an H2 Dash 9 leading the way.

A rebuilt SD70MAC races westward out of Crozier Canyon, near Hackberry, with a 13,000 foot-long stack train. Running under the symbol S-ALTLHG1-15L (Stack train from Alliance, TX to Los Angeles Ha... (more)

A combo stack train (13,000 ft long) races down towards the control signal of Cherokee with a rebuilt SD70MAC leader. One main track #1, the hot Z LACWSP9 18U charges up the grade with ease.

A Los Angeles Harbor to Alliance, TX stack train crosses the Colorado River Bridge at Topock, AZ on a warm May morning. In the consist, second out, is Norfolk Southern's Savanah and Atlanta herita... (more)

A military train led by a KCS unit and a Progress Rail "banana" are in charge of a military train heading over the bridge at Canyon Diablo.

A westbound Union Pacific manifest passes the station and derelict water tower at Maricopa with two GEs leading the way elephant style.

Streaking across the Arizona Divide, the 4732's engineer puts the spurs to this post-merger power set - the leader so new it hasn't yet had its road name applied. At some 7000 feet in elevation he... (more)