The Southwest Chief quickly slows down as it prepares to stop at Amtrak's Flagstaff station. This is one of two passenger trains that stop here daily. Amtrak 3 will arrive later at night.

On a beautiful morning, three Union Pacific GE locomotives guide a loaded coal train out of the Powder River Basin. The entire length of the train can be seen as it rolls down hill underneath two... (more)

CSX train Q142 makes a brief stop in the siding for intermodal train Q185.

Sitting to the side of Union Pacific's Triple Track Main, this former Southern Pacific locomotive #153 waits off duty at the moment. It looks to have some gang related graffiti on its nose that h... (more)

Headed for Moncrief Yard in Jacksonville, FL, this daily operated intermodal train is the first train I saw on this early morning in Roanoke.

This train ironically matches the date of the photo. On 1/25 , CSX train Q125 heads south through Roanoke with a mammoth train measuring in at 11,000 feet. A DPU (CSX #3341) pushes on the rear.

Just hanging out till they're called for a new job, this mate CSX EMD GP40-2 #6480 and slug are used normally for local work.

On a beautiful morning in the Powder River Basin, one of many coal trains exit with a DPU pushing on the rear.

I'm beginning to lose count, train after train roll through Flagstaff in both directions. The traffic is primarily intermodal and a slew of orange BNSF locomotives. As quick as engine number 6946... (more)

Arriving in style today, CSX Q689 rolls into Standing Rock with all Union Pacific power. EMD SD70ACE #8742, SD70M #5071 and GE AC4400CW-CTE #6832. This was a unique lash-up, the engines were all ... (more)

It wasn't long after arriving at this location, that an NS train popped out of Whitaker Yard. With only 35 cars in tow, it heads towards Atlanta.

One of Amtrak's Southwest Chief route stops is here in Flagstaff, AZ. The station was built in 1926 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Amtrak #3 and #4 both serve customers here. Also ... (more)

Guiding todays Q648 train, is an AC unit still in YN2 paint. It's taking it slow through the siding as it prepares to stop for a southbound. After the mixed freight train passes, CSXT #418 will g... (more)

Arriving around 10:00 pm, Amtrak's Southwest Chief stops at the Flagstaff station to drop off and pick up passengers. It's a busy night and in a short amount of time, the chief is gaining speed a... (more)

Still hundreds of miles away from its destination in Jacksonville, FL, CSXT #3399 has a train full of containers bound for Duval Yard.