Three 4,400 horsepower locomotives slowly grind away up the 1.4% grade of Goffs Hill near Arrowhead Junction. At 7,600' in length, the rear of the train can be seen as it rounds the curve that cre... (more)
Bright sun and no wind make for perfect conditions to get a reflection shot of BNSF 7925 leading the Z train towards Denver, Colorado.
This morning BNSF ran a 9k foot train down the Phoenix sub. Id say on average trains run around 5k, with a long train measuring in around 7 to 7k ft. I had planned on going to Grand View anyways, ... (more)
Just before sun-up, BNSF 7925 South holds at the north end of Lake Wanda as an opposing stack train heads for Alliance Yard. 7925's conductor is on the ground to give the northbound a roll-by.
As the last rays of sunlight dip below the horizon, a heavy Port of Long Beach stack train slowly grinds up the grade at Anatares, some 15 miles east of Kingman, Ariz. With 10,000' feet of train i... (more)