After putting their consist together earlier in the day, AZER train 107 is ready to depart Miami and head east to Lordsburg. The 5-pack of Dash 8's made for a great chase west, even if this was th... (more)

BNSF 7405 E/B Intermodal east of Flagstaff, AZ at Railhead on the Seligman Subdivision, with BNSF 7477, 6933 & 6921. The San Francisco Mountains in the background.

A westbound Z-train drops down from Main 1 to Main 2 at West Peach Springs to get around a hyrailer working on main track #2 between Peach Springs and Yampai. Waiting for the Z- train to clear is ... (more)

All 5,800 ft of Atlanta, GA to Los Angeles, CA intermodal cargo can be see traversing across the Audley Valley as three GE locomotives begin the climb out of Pica and up the short, but hard, grade... (more)

An Atlanta, GA to Los Angeles, CA intermodal train descends out of Crozier Canyon as it is led by a CSX AC4400CW still painted in the YN2 paint scheme.

CSXT 148 leads the the Q-ATGLAC6 through Antares, AZ as it heads for Kingman. Built in March of 1996, CSXT 148 is still sporting the iconic YN2 paint scheme. As more of CSX's older GE get rebuilt ... (more)

Grand Canyon train returning to Williams in the afternoon.

BNSF freight with autoracks at Flagstaff Station.

An empty ethanol train grinds up the 1.5% grade of Crozier Canyon with a H2 SD70MAC and a CitiRail ES44AC trailing in the consist. Snow is still present in the shadows from a snow storm from the d... (more)

A "stack-anol" train charges eastward, away from the fading sunlight, as it rounds the long, sweeping curve of Antares. These "stack-anol" trains are a combo train made up from... (more)

A 16,000 ft harbor stack train crest over one of the many hogbacks between Hackberry and Antares as it beings to round the long, 70 MPH curve before it heads down grade towards Kingman.

Three GE locomotives start to get up to speed as an Alliance, TX to LA Harbor (Southern California On-dock), CA stack train races out of the permanent 55 MPH curve at East Valentine before reachin... (more)

Burlington Northern 6917 leads a W/B ATSF mixed freight at Cosnino, AZ on March 1, 1996 with BNSF 6361, ATSF 2380, EMD 762, ATSF 2859 and MKCX 5364.

Still carrying its C&NW colors, it was a nice surprise to see #6706 on the point of this eastbound Z train. The train made excellent time across CA and into AZ passing by me at 6:13am on a mild mo... (more)

A westbound manifest descends down grade out of Valentine as it rounds the curve at Hackberry Rd with a monsoon storm in the background. This train would lead the fleet of westbound trains that go... (more)