A St. Louis, MO bound intermodal train climbs the grade towards Crozier Canyon as a monsoon storm to the east produces rain and lightning over the high desert of northwestern Arizona.

A westbound Belen, NM to Barstow, CA manifest races down the 1% grade of Perrin, along the Crookton Cutoff, as the smell of brakes shoes overpowers the crisp mountain air near Williams, AZ.

A late Amtrak's southwest Chief #3 races through Valentine with a BNSF unit on the point after losing an Amtrak motor to mechanical issues.

Canadian Pacific #8004 leads an eastbound military train carrying US military transport vehicle east across the Seligman Sub. The train is slowly climbing the 1% grade of Perrin along the Crookton... (more)

A 14,000 ft stack train charges out of the sag between the switches of east and west Pica the weight of this "combo" train pushes the train over the hogback at MP 444.

A trio of CSX locomotives lead an Atlanta, GA to Los Angeles, CA intermodal train out of lower Truxton Canyon as they near the railroad location of Valentine.

The hot Willow Springs, IL to Stockton, CA charges over the hump at Pica after racing across the Audley Valley.

Three GE locomotives pull a Memphis, TN to Stockton, CA intermodal train out of Pica as it begins the climb up Yampai Hill. In the background, the head end of an eastbound harbor stack train crest... (more)

A westbound Z-train drops down from Main 1 to Main 2 at West Peach Springs to get around a hyrailer working on main track #2 between Peach Springs and Yampai. Waiting for the Z- train to clear is ... (more)

All 5,800 ft of Atlanta, GA to Los Angeles, CA intermodal cargo can be see traversing across the Audley Valley as three GE locomotives begin the climb out of Pica and up the short, but hard, grade... (more)

An Atlanta, GA to Los Angeles, CA intermodal train descends out of Crozier Canyon as it is led by a CSX AC4400CW still painted in the YN2 paint scheme.

CSXT 148 leads the the Q-ATGLAC6 through Antares, AZ as it heads for Kingman. Built in March of 1996, CSXT 148 is still sporting the iconic YN2 paint scheme. As more of CSX's older GE get rebuilt ... (more)

A hot shot Z9 intermodal train races down Goffs Hill, through Arrowhead Junction, as it prepares to overtake a stack train at Ibis before reaching the crew change location of Needles, Calif.

An empty ethanol train grinds up the 1.5% grade of Crozier Canyon with a H2 SD70MAC and a CitiRail ES44AC trailing in the consist. Snow is still present in the shadows from a snow storm from the d... (more)

A "stack-anol" train charges eastward, away from the fading sunlight, as it rounds the long, sweeping curve of Antares. These "stack-anol" trains are a combo train made up from... (more)