On October 23, 2020, a set of Freeport McMoRan power heads downgrade between Morenci and Clifton, Arizona. The four units will lift another train interchanged from Arizona Eastern Railway, bound f... (more)

UP 1111 pulls the grade through Apache running 0x2x1

UP 1111 on point of heavy Fort Worth to West Colton Extra manifest as they barely do 10 mph through Apache.

It’s rainy and cold in the high desert of Arizona as the third run of the day of Freeport McMoRan brings 34 cars down the ramp below Corral Road grade crossing between Morenci and Clifton on Oct... (more)

Seen from historic Route 66, two eastbound Santa Fe intermodals pass each other near Kingman Canyon on the scenic Seligman Subdivision. The mid 90s was the peak of the “Super Fleet” days of cl... (more)

A BMLP empty prepares to load it's train at Kayenta.

The last ever daylight BMLP coal load approaches the generating station in Page on August 25th 2019.

The last ever daylight run of the Black Mesa & Lake Powell cuts it's way through the northern Arizona desert.

After getting a 4th unit to continue the trip into Tucson, UP 5393 roars upgrade through West Bowie where they start their climb to Railroad Pass about 10 miles east of Willcox.

Looks like a mix of a BPHXLAC and HPHXBEL...operating as the HPHXBEL1-10 heading east rounding the corner to the top of Grand View. This is the spot where the BELPHX derailed during the summer. Ta... (more)

As fall finally hits the lower regions of AZ, the westbound UWWOPHX7-03 winds along the Hassayampa River just compass South of Wickenburg down the BNSF Phoenix Sub on 13 Dec 2020.

With a 1x2 configuration and 15K+ tons of corn UP 5393 leads a massive WB grain train through the sag at Karro. After climbing the grade through Steins Pass at 7mph this train had to get another e... (more)

Booming Benson. The Amtrak Sunset Limited (Train 1) passes over East 4th Street in Benson, Arizona on the evening of Wednesday, July 19, 2020 with former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built... (more)

A Freeport McMoRan train drops downgrade into Clifton, Arizona, on the morning of October 28, 2020. The train will be interchanged to the Arizona Eastern Railway in the compact yard at Clifton. Hi... (more)

On a chilly, windy afternoon in Crozier Canyon, BNSF 4705, and three other GE locomotives, grind away at the 1.42% grade as they lug 7,100' of Chinese products to a distribution center in Alliance... (more)