UP 5840 roars upgrade through Mescal as the last few sunrays peek over the mountains

UP 8334 struggling to load leads a superstack up to the summit in Mescal

UP 6479 West starts its climb up the steep 1.7% grade out of a small sag between Chamiso and the summit at Mescal.

UP 5007 charges through the summit in Mescal as a huge snow storms hits southern AZ

UP 6596 leads a heavy WB manifest up the grade to Mescal

As the sun set over the Sonoran Desert, UP 4744 West tops the steep grade out of Benson, AZ, at Mescal.

An old first generation sd70ace, pushes the rear of a long manifest train up the relentless Mescal hill.

With a little snow still on the ground from a storm earlier today, an eastbound SP pig train passes the big coaling tower at Mescal, AZ. The tower appears to have been built shortly after SP acqui... (more)

After waiting for 2 EB to get by UP 4210 brings the long Marion, AR to Long Beach, CA intermodal up to the summit in Mescal

UP 2526 leads a EB intermodal up the grade to Mescal, AZ

UP 7753 leads a WB intermodal out of Benson, AZ

UP 7260 leads a WB intermodal upgrade to Mescal trying to escape the storms in Benson

UP 5258 leads an EB Z train through the OS at Mescal

UP 8755 leads a heavy loaded grain train up the 1.78% grade to the summit in Mescal

It is bitterly cold for southern Arizona as snow with 50 mph wind gusts greats NS 2768 at the Mescal Summit.