After a crew change at Ash Fork, the eastbound vehicle train is on the move again making its run at the grades up the final miles on the Phoenix Subdivision before entering the BSNF transcon at Wi... (more)
Westbound stack train SLPCLBT3-23 curves through Pan Canyon just east of Seligman after a fair amount of snow blanketed the lower elevations of Northern Arizona.
This year has been an active monsoon season which has resulted in some of the greenest conditions I have ever seen in Northern Arizona. Here the westbound QCHIPHX descends the grade at Daze, AZ lo... (more)
A light blanket of snow covers the former sectiion of ATSF transcontinental at Daze,, AZ where the 7999 leads the Phoenix/westbound. When the Crookton Cutoff opened this section of track was kept ... (more)
In late Jan snow falls all the way down to Drake, AZ as the 7250 leads the Phoenix/westbound train over Big Hell Canyon on the BNSF Phoenix Sub.
The eastbound VPHXELP has just left the Phoenix Sub and entered the Seligman at Williams Jct, about 1/4 mile west of the location of the photo.
We arrived at this spot about 2 hours prior to the trains arrival. It was cloudy the entire time. Im contrast to most times trackside, about 10 minutes before the train showed up the sun began to ... (more)
Looks like a mix of a BPHXLAC and HPHXBEL...operating as the HPHXBEL1-10 heading east rounding the corner to the top of Grand View. This is the spot where the BELPHX derailed during the summer. Ta... (more)
As fall finally hits the lower regions of AZ, the westbound UWWOPHX7-03 winds along the Hassayampa River just compass South of Wickenburg down the BNSF Phoenix Sub on 13 Dec 2020.
Low snow brings a light layer of snowfall across Skull Valley as the VPHXELP led by BNSF 7353 travels east.
On a glorious cloudy day the eastbound Phoenix to Willow Springs/Chicago Z-train climbs up the grade near Daze.
A long westbound ZWSPPHX curves through the tight curves between Hillside and Date headed towards its destination of Phoenix, AZ.
Gliding downhill just out of Hillside, BNSF 6025 leads a loaded train full of new autos bound for EL Mirage, AZ and dealerships across the valley.
BNSF 5756 leads a manifest uphill at Daze, AZ just a few minutes after sunrise.
BNSF 6771 leads the westbound ZWSPPHX through Grand View, AZ.
