AZER 4006 battling up the grade through Steins Pass

AZER 4006 leads the EB trip from Bowie to Lordsburg utilizing trackage rights with the Union Pacific. They hop on the UP tracks at Bowie, Az and take them all the way to Lordsburg, NM. After their... (more)

Hauling interchange traffic from Freeport McMoRan’s railroad operating from the giant copper mining complex at Morenci to Clifton, Arizona Eastern Railway’s South Siding to Clifton train works... (more)

UP 2155 leads the daily Phoenix to Tucson manifest through Rillito. This is 1 of the 2 active UP SD60s currently, something extremely rare to see lead in the year 2020.

UP 7950 slowly reverses backward as it unloads at Arizona Grain

Four GE motors lead an intermodal train out of Crozier Canyon on a beautiful day in May.

UP 9077 leads a massive MFWWC through Smiths Wash pulling the grade to Raso

Five Freeport McMoRan EMD GP38/38-2s ease a train down the steep grade on the railroad’s main line from Morenci to Clifton, Arizona, on the morning of October 28, 2020.

Five Freeport McMoRan EMD GP38/38-2s haul a train of sulphuric acid tank cars up the steep grade between Clifton and Morenci, Arizona, on October 27, 2020. The subdivision in the background is som... (more)

BNSF 5247 leads a pair of BNSF units as they round the broad bend at Antares, AZ in the afternoon golden sun.

Bringing up the rear of a heavy international stack, a pair of SD70ACe shove hard as the train rounds the broad curve at Antares, AZ.

UP 5840 roars upgrade through Mescal as the last few sunrays peek over the mountains

Low snow brings a light layer of snowfall across Skull Valley as the VPHXELP led by BNSF 7353 travels east.

On a glorious cloudy day the eastbound Phoenix to Willow Springs/Chicago Z-train climbs up the grade near Daze.

The summer was horrible for fires and smoky skies. The smell and smoky skies were there during what seemingly felt like the whole summer. On September 19th the western horizon was finally starting... (more)