One of the scenic locations on the Transcon is this curved bridge at the west end of Abo Canyon, seen here in 1992 before a merger and double tracking would change this view forever.

So along a few days before Thanksgiving 1986, mine and Jim DeNike's good friend Tim Jones pipes up and says, "Hey; I'm gonna go out to my family's Thanksgiving in Tucson, ya'll want to make a... (more)

Westbound Santa Fe freight with merger painted C30-7 8146, SD40-2 5212 and (2) SD45's 5321 and 5314 a Abo, New Mexico.

A BNSF intermodal train makes it way up the famous Abo Canyon.

BNSF Train SLBPALT1-26 heads East through the curves at Abo, NM.

Hotshot BNSF Stacks rounds the curve here at Abo, NM bound for Alliance, Tx.

Westbound Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino, CA Z train descending Abo Canyon across third bridge from west end of canyon.

ABO NM Sept 10 1980 -- Santa Fe U36C 8796 and an all GE consist roll over the bridge west of Abo on the Transcon approaching Abo Canyon. Nest stop is Belen NM.

BNSF 4998 leading a EB baretable through Abo Canyon

CREX 1410 nears Abo Canyon as it's about to duck under the Hwy 60 overpass.

CREX 1410 leads a lowly Brownwood Texas to Belen freight at Abo on the Clovis Sub.

The Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway designed a new paint scheme that paid homage to its northern routes called 'Heritage 1'. The Great Northern Railway inspired Omaha Orange and Pullman Gre... (more)

A quartet of 'old school' EMDs lead a Burlington Northern & Santa Fe stack train east across Cañon Latigo near Kayser, New Mexico on April 4, 1998.

Eastbound BNSF freight climbing through Abo Canyon between bridge four and five

Running as the second of five westbounds, extra 5705 west has the consist whining in dynamic as it runs for the rack at Belen. After 5 west will be 4 east. Didn't notice the open top auto rack, ... (more)