A view I had shot a few times before in the early 2000s...getting tougher with the tree growth. Shot at (of course) the famous Tehachapi Loop. No drone here.

One of my favorite locations on the Seligman sub. The opportunity for this photo is very short when the sun it at its most Northern point in AZ. Here a nice looking KCS unit brings up the rear of... (more)

BNSF 4562 leads an early morning z train through Cherokee canyon towards Peach Springs, AZ in front of the photogenic "Music Mountains"

2018 Arizona saw a good amount of rain and monsoon storms. In early July the weather produced amazing skies as the eastbound auto train glinted behind storm clouds.

On a rainy/cloudy day UP 4832 leads an eastbound manifest on the fill that seperates McClure lake and the Columbia River.

Clouds break as a nice clean SD70Ace leads a westbound train towards Pasco WA, with a BNSF eastbound grain train in the siding near Ritzeville, WA on the Lakeside sub.

Smoky skies create beautiful sunrise light as a eastbound train crosses the single track bridge across Lake Pend Oreille near Sandpoint, ID.

Just after sunset a westbound auto train and the slide fences glint in the deep cut at West Doublea on the BNSF Seligman Sub.

A late afternoon intermodal train heads east into the Winslow yard on the BNSF Seligman Sub.

UP 7562 is negotiating the curves around Cienega Creek as it heads underneath the famous bridge and traditional westbound track on the UP Lordsburg sub.

UP 6003 is negotiating the curves around Cienega Creek as it heads Eastbound on the UP Lordsburg sub.

The westbound Willow Springs to Phoenix z trains rolls westbound across the bridge at Big Hell Canyon and through Drake while dodging clouds on the BNSF Phoenix sub.

Empty auto racks roll across the bridge at Big Hell Canyon near Drake on the BNSF Phoenix sub.

The sun sets as an eastbound stack train rolls through Canyon Diablo, AZ>

In May of 2005 I took this image. Wasn't anything really planned just sort of happened. Simple but I have always enjoyed how the trailing stack was lit up but the locomotives were dark, silhouette... (more)