As the sun begins to dip behind the mountains of Tehachapi, Union Pacific's West Colton to Roseville manifest train slowly grinds up the southern slope of the pass through Cameron. From here, the ... (more)

The trailers of a high priority Z-train for San Bernardino, CA snake through the Crookton Cutoff at nearly 70 MPH as a Richmond, CA to Clovis, NM stack train grinds up the one percent grade. Open ... (more)

Looking through the gaps of the former Route 66 overpass bridge in Crookton, a heavy 16,000 ton grain train, with a total of nine locomotives, begins to slow down to prepare for a crew change at S... (more)

If your vehicle isn't covered in mud after chasing trains, did you real go and chase trains? After escaping a snow covered Yampai summit, and not getting suck, my '76 Chevy pick has turned brown w... (more)

Over a mile of JB Hunt containers for Georgia make their way across BNSF's transcon through the southwestern state of Arizona. While the southwestern region of the transcon is known for its desert... (more)

A high priority Z-train for Memphis, TN makes its way through the Coconino Forest in Flagstaff, Ariz. after a brief snow storm that dusted the mountain with a couple of inches of snow. Taken on th... (more)

An eastbound military train heads east through Crozier Canyon as the two GE motors work hard hauling the heavy armor up Yampai Hill.

An early spring snow storm has covered Flagstaff, Ariz. with six inches of fresh powder (the forecast predicted only an inch). With the Coconino pine trees dressed in white, a high priority interm... (more)

A 2x2 double stack train from the Port of Long Beach battles the western grade of the Arizona Divide as crests the hump at Maine.

A westbound Belen, NM to Barstow, CA manifest train slowly grinds up the grade of Goffs Hill at Homer.

An eastbound train carrying a mixture of double stacks, trailers, and autos dims its lights for an oncoming westbound train near Homer as the sun provides another spectacular sunset along the Need... (more)

Over 11,000 feet of double stack train begins to roll out the Goffs siding after letting a fleet of westbounds run around it on an early spring day. The four GE motors up front, along with two in ... (more)

The Arizona Divide was hit with a snow storm last night, larger than expected, that dropped up to a foot of snow along some areas of the railroad. After work and class, I made my way out to Riorda... (more)

After the railroad came to a standstill, DS 10 and Forth Worth Mechanical clear up the mess of broken down trains along the hill to get the fleet of westbounds back on the move. With an eastbound ... (more)

Under a starlit sky, a BNSF work train hauling ballast rock cars waits patiently in the siding of Seligman for a new crew to pick up the train and head east. At the same time, the headlights of an... (more)