A Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA Z7 makes its way into Cherokee Canyon on a pleasant February afternoon. With a track speed of 45 MPH through the canyon, this train was doing closer to 25 M... (more)

The hot Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA UPS Z9 train waste no time racing through Cherokee Canyon. Here, this hotshot is running on main #1, generally used by eastbounds, to get around another... (more)

A pair of GE motors work as distributed power locomotives as they shove the rear of a 9,600 foot-long stack train through Cherokee Canyon.

A small crowd of rail photographers have gather at Atwood Jct, in the city of Placentia, to capture BNSF's Super Bowl special. With 16 officer cars, this deadhead movement to San Diego where the t... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief, train #4, performs its station work at Needles, CA as the LA prepares for their last leg of their trip to Kingman, AZ for the crew change.

Four locomotives hustle a Barstow, CA to Lubbock, TX manifest as it rounds the curve of "Sleepy Hallow", near the control point of Chalender. This location was given the name "Sleep... (more)

A hot Z9 races down the Crookton Cutoff, near the station of Perrin, as morning glint reflects off of the three lead motors on a 11 degree Fahrenheit morning.

Tackling the eastern grade of the Arizona Divide with ease, this 16 car BNSF officer special makes its way through the Coconino National Forest between Flagstaff and Riordan (summit of railroad) a... (more)

Tackling the eastern grade of the Arizona Divide with ease, this 16 car BNSF officer special makes its way through the Coconino National Forest between Flagstaff and Riordan (summit of railroad) a... (more)

BNSF 7928 leads a 16 car officer special emerges out of Crozier Canyon with Laughing Jack Butte looming in the background. This deadhead move off officer cars are heading to Barstow where the trai... (more)

With the mercury hovering around 11 degrees Fahrenheit, the first rays of morning light begin to warm the land of the Kaibab National Forest as a hard charging LA to Alliance, TX Z7 climbs the gra... (more)

The first unit coal train from Carbon Coal Mine (Defiance, NM) to the Mitsubishi Cement Corporation Plant (Cushenbury, CA) emerges out of Crozier Canyon as the three motors hold this heavy 12,500 ... (more)

After stopping to let a faster Z-train around it, this Barstow, CA to Lubbock, TX manifest train slowly starts to get back up to speed as it'll begin the climb through the Crookton Cutoff.

A loaded unit ethanol train slowly climbs the grade of between Cosnino and Flagstaff along the eastern slope of the Arizona Divide.

The northbound Brooklyn Z train descends into the horseshoe curve of Caliente as the MPDWC holds the siding in the background for the meet.