A fine tuned machine is what ran thought my mind, as I looked out over this trackage. Beautiful ballasted rails, with cement ties and smooth looking rails. I saw this train and had to sprint over ... (more)

EMD workhorse SD45 in SP service at speed somewhere in Arizona

A pleasant surprise. We drove onto Route 66, and were immediately greeted by a Warbonnet leading a train. Granted she is not the beauty she once was. But it is nice to know there are a few dash 9'... (more)

UP 7417 leads a westbound manifest train across the Cienega Creek bridge.

I raced up line to intercept the return trip of the Grand Canyon train. I made it with about 5 minutes to spare. They sure operate a beautiful train.

I got to photograph the BNSF trans-con in Arizona, for the first time in 16 years, this last weekend. I was treated to a beautiful snow covered landscape on Sunday morning. BNSF 8070 and 8125 lead... (more)

A heavy Galesburg, IL to Barstow, CA manifest train descends down the grade of Pan Canyon, towards Seligman, as left over snow from last week's storm still lingers around the area.

A pair of GE motors hustle a baretable train that was in storage in Defiance, NM as the train navigates through Crozier Canyon.

BNSF 4706 leads the Stockton, CA to Chicago, IL guarantee intermodal service train out of the Kingman valley near the railroad location of Walapai. Delivered to BNSF in October of 1997, 4706 was t... (more)

UP 5435 East roars upgrade through Sibyl with grain empties in tow

An 11,000 ft long Barstow, CA to Kansas City (Argentine Yard), KS manifest train grinds up the 1.4% grade through Crozier Canyon with two 600 series warbonnets trailing.

A 19 locomotive power move from Edgemont, SD to Barstow, CA races out of Valentine after a morning of stormy weather. The consist is filled with older Dash-9 44CW locomotives; all with white tops ... (more)

engine row at Tucson

Rocketing out of the sag at Hackberry, this Westbound heads along the former US Route 66. Track speed here is 80mph for passenger and 70 for freight into this curve, and this train is doing it's ... (more)

On a cool, late-summer evening GCRY 4124 departs after being boarded by bandits on horses looking to entertain tourists and maybe have a drink or two. This is the last train of the evening headed ... (more)