BNSF 7540 peeks out of the Nelson tunnel leading train SLBTCLO1-04

A Red and Yellow C30-7 leads a westbound pig train past the cement plant at Nelson AZ on a fall day in 1989. this shot was taken from my friends airplane. This is the Seligman west Sub. note the... (more)

A heavy LA Harbor stack train emerges from the eastern portal of Nelson tunnel as it climbs the grade towards the summit of Yampai.

BNSF 3948 leads an eastbound Z-train as it climbs the grade towards Yampai as it emerges out of the Nelson Tunnel. This tunnel is the only double track tunnel on the former- Santa Fe system.

The morning sun hits the nose of the BNSF 7540 as it emerges out of Nelson Tunnel. Nelson Tunnel is the only double track tunnel built by the Santa Fe. With the triple track project of Cajon Pass,... (more)

A KCS AC4400CW leads the X-BARQUA1-27C, an empty BNSF grain train out of the tunnel at Nelson, AZ. This double track tunnel was the only one of its kind on the entire Santa Fe system.

On a cold November morning, a loaded military train climbs eastward towards the summit of Yampai as it passes through Nelson Canyon on the Hualapai Reservation.

9535 leads D8-40B 7413 and SDP40F 5251 eastbound.

An eastbound BNSF intermodal train curves through Nelson, AZ on the BNSF Seligman sub.

BNSF 4269 leads a EB intermodal up Nelson Canyon

First light illuminates the clean DPU unit on the rear of a westbound freight train winding through Nelson, AZ.

Storming out of the only tunnel on BNSF’s Southern transcon, 4 GE’s pull a Z train up Yampai hill in the heart of Nelson Canyon. After going here once I figured this would be an interesting an... (more)

BNSF 4269 leads a stack train through the Nelson Canyon

A high priority Z train bound for Illinois, slithers through Nelson Canyon. The Cement Plant on the right is always active and has made getting to these areas a lot more difficult but worth the ef... (more)

A BNSF intermodal stretches and bends through the curves around Nelson Az. In this section the train is going downhill from Yampai Summit, with some leftover snow on the hill shadows from the prev... (more)