The Northern Lights were visible in many parts of the United States on the night of Oct. 10th, 2024. Here in Arizona, the lights were barely visible with the naked eye, but would show up on camera... (more)

After letting a westbound UPS Z-train crossover in front of them, the eastbound San Bernardino, CA to Alliance, TX Z-train notches up to speed after holding clear of the crossing at Hackberry, AZ.

A 100 car loaded grain train from Council Bluffs, IA to Guernsey, CA descends down the 1.4% grade out of Crozier Canyon as three GE motors hold back over 14,000 tons of train. Two former Santa Fe ... (more)

A red and silver warbonnet leads a Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest through the heart of Crozier Canyon as the shadows grown long against the canyon's walls from the setting sun.

KCS 4142 leads an extra Kingman Local as it approaches the road crossing of Hackberry Rd. Normally, the Kingman Local works Monday- Friday, but Friday's Winslow to Kingman manifest train was a day... (more)

Four GE motors lead a 15,000 ft stack train down the 1.6% grade of Nelson Canyon as it brings up the rear of a fleet of westbound traffic that is running short on crew hours.

A westbound Z-train descends down main track #1 in Nelson Canyon as it passes the siding for the Nelson Lime Plant. Since the construction of the Truxton Flyover, westbound trains normally travers... (more)

A Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL H-train charges up the grade between Truxton and Peach Springs as it traverses the Arizona Divide. Note that a slug set, BNSF 1821 & BN 57 are being towed on this tr... (more)

BN(SF) 57 is being towed by the Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest train as it heads east across the Seligman Sub. BN 57 is a TEBC6 Slug unit that was converted from a SD9 chassis. It is being ... (more)

A stack-ethanol combo train charges eastward through a sag as it splits the signals near Hackberry at sunset. Running at almost three miles long, these trains will set-out the intermodal equipment... (more)

A Fresno, CA to Aberdeen, SD empty grain train navigates through the tight curves of Crozier Canyon as it makes its the long climb up to Yampai Summit.

After climbing Goffs Hill for the last hour and a half, this heavy Galesburg, IL to Barstow, CA manifest crest the top of the 1.5% grade as it begins to pick up speed on the last leg of journey fr... (more)

One of the many intermodal trains that traverse the Mojave Desert grinds up the 1% grade of Goffs Hill at Essex on BNSF's Needles Subdivision.

A 3x2 loaded oil train for St. James, LA heads east down the Moffat Tunnel Sub as it passes the signal of West Cliff.

An eastbound Union Pacific loaded oil train descends down the mountain grade of the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision as rain falls over the rockies at Rollinsville, CO.