Headed East toward Winslow, Arizona, BNSF 4294 pulls a string of intermodal cars, carving its path through the desert twilight, pulling away from the setting sun.

BNSF 4706, with eastbound racks at West Darling, Winona, Arizona. April 14, 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

A BNSF train is heading towards Flagstaff.

Santa Fe EMD SD 40-2 5124 leads the 951 train east on a beautiful morning New years day 1988

NS ES44DC 7652 leads a San Bernardino-Chicago stack train east on the Seligman Sub at West Darling.

BNSF ES44C4 4245 leads a short Z train through the sag at West Darling.

BNSF Railway train Z-STOWSP8-06A, a Stockton CA to Willow Springs IL Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train rolls through a sag about 16 miles east of Flagstaff. The whole mile-long (or more) train ca... (more)

Eastbound grain through Winona with a Ferromex unit in the mix.

With the mountains of Flagstaff in the background, the eastbound Southwest Chief speeds past a small ranch in Winona.

Eastbound autoracks roll downgrade through Winona.

The money shot at Winona came to fruition on my first visit, as an eastbound intermodal of unknown symbol drifts downhill after a rolling meet with a westbound.

ATSF 5655 painted in pre 1972 color scheme leads a westbound manifest through Winona.

A quartet of BNSF GE locomotives pull an eastbound stack train upgrade out of Flagstaff and through Winona. The San Francisco Peaks outside of Flagstaff stand in the background.

It's a few months after the Burlington Northern, Santa Fe merger. Things still look and feel like nothing has happened on the Santa Fe. With a pure set of red and silver warbonnets in charge. But ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF Intermodal Train passes through the small town of Winona, Arizona.