SD40-2 helpers on intermodal traffic.
Springtime in September ... yellow flowers are all along the right of way, just east of Flagstaff.
Picking up speed after cresting the Arizona Divide, a trio of the omnipresent C44-9Ws heads downhill with another J.B. Hunt-dominated train.
Heading out of the clouds into the bright sunset, this entire Z train is visible on the straightaway at Crookton, approaching Seligman.
Descending the Arizona Divide at Chalender.
The E's sit in Proviso at sunrise, awaiting a week of Operation Lifesaver specials.
Metra 407 heads south toward Joliet, crossing the St. Charles Air Line and the CN/IC on its way.
Metra 197 exits the wash racks and heads toward the coach yard.
Empty coal heads west (north) in the late afternoon.
Nice late evening sighting ... and a waive from the crew.
The southbound Saluki approaches the Metra (former CRI&P/NYC) diamonds on its way south. The former B&OCT bascule bridge ever looms in the background.
Blazing hot weather sees a brace of 6 Katy locomotives approaching the Tower 55 diamond from the north.
