A UP westbound drops down the 1.0 percent grade at Shawmut surrounded by the beautiful Maricopa Mountains.
UP 657 East sends the vibrations of its prime movers acorss the Sonoran Desert between Bosque and Shawmut as it battles a 1.0 percent grade.
UP 9481 struggles against the 1.0 percent grade at Shawmut as its train can be seen coming up behind its power.
An east bound manifest takes the siding for a west bound TOFC train.
Eastbound on the main through Shawmut, AZ......
A stack train approaches the west switch at Shawmut as a thunderstorm rolls in.
Engineer waves as this stack train roars up the long grade out of Gila Bend.
Three SD60Ms lead a 53-car manifest up the grade at Shawmut.
Eastbound intermodal on the Gila Line.
Eastbound autoracks round a very cool S curve on the Gila Line.
A UP westbound led by an ex-SP Dash 9 rolls downhill through cactus groves at Shawmut, about 19 miles east of Gila Bend.
With part of the sun already below the horizon, UP 657 East roars slowly up the grade at Shawmut surrounded by the many saguaros that populate the area.
A pair of brand-new GE C60s pull an eastbound Evergreen Marine double-stack train up the 1.0 percent grade at Shawmut.
Just after sunrise, a UP westbound led by a pair of ex-SP tunnel motors drops downgrade at Shawmut in the shadow of the beautiful Maricopa Mountains.
