BNSF 699 leads a Belen, NM to Phoenix, AZ manifest west of Prewitt, NM on May 22, 2013 with Haystack Mountain in the background. This unit, along with the other 2 BNSF 600 series units trailing, w... (more)

3 700 series BNSF warbonnet C44-9W's lead a Belen, NM to Winslow, AZ manifest west in great afternoon light west of Prewitt, NM on April 6, 2013. Haystack Mountain is to the left, and Mt. Taylor i... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief heads east with the red cliffs of Western New Mexico in the background near Prewitt,NM on December 18, 2011. The next day, and exactly 1 year to the day that this was post... (more)

On 9/13/12, a TEPCO empty coal train passes the red rock formations at Escalante Jct on its trip east up the Lee Ranch Sub towards El Segundo Mine.

A coal empty waits to enter the BNSF transcon on the east leg of the wye at Pegs,NM on 12/12/12. This train was the second of 2 Colorado coal trains from Tri-State's ColoWyo Mine, near Meeker,CO, ... (more)

The intention of this photo was to get the crossing gates coming up and the EOT blinking as the 211 local headed west after wyeing his train at Baca. However with a "strike of luck", a bright clou... (more)

New Mexico monsoon season is upon us! 3 brand new BNSF ES44C4's(BNSF 7057, 7056, 7053) on their maiden run west on the BNSF passes through a sun break while storm clouds from a complex of thunders... (more)

The Blue Looper coal train works its way west up to the Continental Divide via Main 2 near Pegs,NM 6/14/12. Haystack Mountain is on the left, Mt. Taylor is on the right.

A BNSF coal train enters the BNSF Gallup Sub from the BNSF Lee Ranch Sub at West Baca as a snow capped Mt. Taylor towers above the train on April 4, 2012.

A BNSF loaded coal train from Peabody Energy's El Segundo Mine to Tuscon Electric and Power's Springerville Power Plant passes through the red cliffs at Escalante Jct on April 4, 2012.

An Escalante Western coal train from Lee Ranch Mine is on home rails as it is 1 mile from its destination,the Plains Electric Generating Station near Prewitt,NM 11/28/11. The train has just exited... (more)

Haystack Mountain provides the backdrop for an on time Amtrak #3, led by Amtrak 184. This train is traveling on Main #2 on the line split west of Prewitt, NM(RR station name Baca), BNSF Gallup Sub... (more)

The 211 local passes some red rock formations at it approaches Escalante Jct on the BNSF Lee Ranch Sub. This local would go to both Lee Ranch and El Segundo Mines to switch out some cars, in whic... (more)