The hot North Bay, CA to Willow Springs, IL UPS train races out of Needles, CA towards the Colorado River where it'll begin the nearly 7,000 ft elevation climb over the Arizona Divide.

The last rays of sunlight illuminate the nose of a H2 Dash-9 that is pull a loaded military train towards the control point of Walapai.

A pair of Dash 8-40BWs lead the Flagstaff Local (L SWE0071) eastward through Darling with Mount Ellen and the San Francisco Peaks in the background. The local will be coming to a stop to clear up ... (more)

After one of Amtrak's P42 motors died, a BNSF motor was added to the point to help the train across its LA trip. Then coming into Dodge City, KS, the BNSF motor died resulting in two BNSF motors l... (more)

An extra Amarillo (South Yard), TX to Barstow, CA manifest train grinds up the eastern slope of the Arizona Divide through the rock cut of Cosnino.

A Kansas City Southern SD70ACe leads a Blue Island, IL to San Bernardino, CA vehicle train as it exists out of Crozier Canyon on a, much needed, cool summer afternoon.

BNSF 5869, one of BNSF's 25th anniversary locomotives, led a Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA UPS trains through Kingman Canyon on Oct. 6, 2020. This is the first time one of the 25th anniver... (more)

BNSF 5869, one of BNSF's 25th anniversary locomotives, led a Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA UPS trains through Kingman Canyon on Oct. 6, 2020. This is the first time one of the 25th anniver... (more)

BNSF 5869, one of BNSF's 25th anniversary locomotives, led a Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA UPS trains across the Seligman Sub on Oct. 6, 2020. Here, the 3,800 foot-long hot shot races out ... (more)

A group of young railfans create a photo line to capture the scene of UP 1983, the Western Pacific heritage unit, meeting an inbound Green River, UT to North Yard (Denver), CO manifest train at Br... (more)

UP 1996, the Southern Pacific heritage unit, leads the North Platte, NE to North Yard (Denver), CO manifest races out Brighton after performing a crew swap due to the crew going "dead".

A Seattle, WA to Omaha, NE stack train takes the siding at Broomfield for a northbound manifest on a warm, summer morning along Colorado's Front Range.

With the Audley Cliffs loaming in the back, an Atlanta, GA to Los Angeles, CA stack train slowly grinds up the 1.5% grade of Yampai Hill as it prepares to stop at the summit of the hill.

Storm clouds from a monsoon form over Antares, AZ as an eastbound stack train (Q LACLPC6) grinds up the grade out of Kingman under a double rainbow. This was a sight to see as 2020 have been a dry... (more)

CSX 5478 makes a west coast appearance as it leads a hot Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z-train through the S-curve of Hackberry. In the background, the head-end of the Q STOCHI6 can be seen s... (more)