NS 4314 grinds uphill at around 4mph after its second unit died at Yampai on BNSF's Seligman Subdivision.

Looking quite out of place in the rolling hills of Arizona, NS 9570 and a fellow EMD slug a heavy New York City to Los Angeles intermodal train upgrade at Yampai in the late afternoon light.

Fresh snow covers the summit of Yampai Hill for the first time of 2022. Here, a 10,000 ft Denver, CO to San Bernardino, CA Q-train slowly crest the grade while the crew tries to race to meet the d... (more)

An empty grain shuttle begins to descend down Yampai Hill on its trip east across the Seligman Sub.

At day break, a pair of NS motors find themselves leading the New York (NS), NY to Los Angeles, CA up the 1.5% grade of Yampai Hill. Just about a mile away from reaching the summit, the second mot... (more)

A westbound intermodal rounds the curve and grinds up the grade at the Yampai Divide.

A 3x3x0 Kansas City, KS to Barstow, CA manifest train struggles up the grade of Yampai Hill as the train nears the 5,700' high summit.

The hot Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino Z-train climbs up the 1.5% grade of Yampai as the moon rises over the Audley Valley.

Sundown at Yampai Summit: BNSF 4926 is in charge of a westbound manifest struggling up the grade from Pica to Yampai with a colorful assortment of power in the setting sun. It's downgrade to the C... (more)

A heavy Galesburg, IL to Barstow, CA manifest train slowly grinds up the grade of Yampai Summit as clouds roll across the open spaces of Audley Valley.

With the Audley Cliffs loaming in the back, an Atlanta, GA to Los Angeles, CA stack train slowly grinds up the 1.5% grade of Yampai Hill as it prepares to stop at the summit of the hill.

A westbound grain train is plodding up the steep grade from Pica to Yampai summit. After surmounting the grade in another mile, it will be downhill for over a hundred miles to Needles.

In summer '17 another of a parade of westbound BNSF intermodal trains was climbing the east slope of Yampai Hill near Yampai, AZ. on a beautiful afternoon.

Westbound BNSF vehicle train climbing Yampai Hill near Yampai with CSX leader

Bright orange BNSF engines emerge from the wall of snow falling at Yampai just short of the summit. Yampai usually does not see heavy snowfall like it did the night before, so my friend and I were... (more)