Lake Powell in the background.

After several close calls, I got lucky with this near perfect meet. I don't know if its done intentionally, but it seems like meets are much more common in Kingman Canyon.

As I did last year, I highly recommend to any one considering it to visit the Copper Basin. Not only are they a busy, good looking shortline, but they are also by far the friendliest operation out... (more)

Far less accessible, but far more impressive than Kingman, Crozier Canyon (if done right - aka hike your butt all the way to top) is one of the most impressive shots in the state.

After getting brutally skunked a day earlier on the LA&SL, my luck turned around big time in Kingman. I would say I averaged a train every 10 mins for the two days I was in the area.... four of wh... (more)

The day's first train load of copper ore is seen here about to unload in Hayden. The cars have slots about two feet up from the bottom which allow the copper to fall onto a awaiting conveyer belt.... (more)

The day's second train is now just a few miles away from the terminus of its 74 mile long journey, the massive Navajo Generating Station.

'Black and Blue' is the theme in the Altoona deadlines. If I remember correctly, many of these former Conrail geeps haven't turned a wheel since the merger, either being directly retired or in lon... (more)

At the beginning of winter 2008, I had lacked a truly prolific 'snow shot' trip. A weekend trip to visit my (at the time) girlfriend studying at the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown fixed that. ... (more)