Caught this special high and wide movement of windmills heading eastbound just north of Las Vegas

Rerouted priority intermodal (Z train) seen here heading east, with its final destination of Chicago, Illinois.

This train, made up mostly of APL containers is heading eastbound, at just over a mile in length at 5840 feet...it can be seen in its entirety

This train, made up mostly of APL containers is heading eastbound

This rerouted "Z" train, normally runs along the former Southern Pacific Sunset Route, but today it just crested Apex and will snake its way through Garnet on its journey east.

Another day in Vegas...and yes, another UP Heritage unit! This time on the point of this eastbound stacker, is UP 1983, 1996, and working today at a DPU UP 1995

This is a eastbound stacktrain, passing through the area known as Garnet along the Caliente Subdivision.

A rerouted "Z" train is seen here rounding the curve just past Garnet siding on its way east to eventual destination outside Chicago, Illinois.

This eastbound group of autoracks (60) is being brought back to the Chicago, Illinois area from Southern California

After shooting the 4141 at Apex, I noticed that he was taking the siding at Garnet, allowing for a shot that under normal circumstances wouldn't be possible without maniacal driving. After a stack... (more)

This eastbound "Q" train, has just left the Vegas valley...with Apex and Arrolime in the background.

Eastbound stacker rounding the curve at Garnet

Westbound stacker originating in Chicago, Illinois...ending its journey in Southern California

SD40M-2 2680 is ex SP 8604, original model was a SD45, rebuilt for SP by MK Rail in 1994-1995, from a series of units coming from many (non SP) sources