Santa Fe's heritage can still be found along parts of the BNSF Transcon. Here at Darling, the only ATSF style station still stands as a hot North Bay to Willow Springs intermodal train notches up ... (more)

A BNSF SD70MAC leader, rare for these necks of the woods, pulls a Chicago, IL to Stockton, CA intermodal train towards the 7,335 foot high summit of the Arizona Divide.

The sun has set below the horizon on the eastern slope of the Arizona Divide as an eastbound BNSF manifest snakes through the S-curve at Cosnino, Ariz.

Before the train could be seen, you can hear this heavy eastbound stack train battling up the grade of the western slope of the Arizona Divide. Finally, a headlight can be seen as five GE locomoti... (more)

As a heavy 10,000 foot stack train struggles up the Arizona Divide on main track #1, a hot Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino, CA UPS train races up main track #2 to run round the slower train. ... (more)

The Super Moon Eclipse begins to rise over the Colorado Plateau as a heavy Los Angeles Harbor bound stack train slowly climbs the 1.5% grade at Angell.

Man vs. Machine On Saturday, September 26th, Grand Canyon Railway's steam locomotive #4960 competed in a race against cyclists to see who can go from the Grand Canyon to Williams the fastes... (more)

On its last normally scheduled Saturday run of the 2015 season, Grand Canyon Railway's steam locomotive #4960 chugs south towards Williams from the Grand Canyon at Quivero.

One of BNSF's ES44AC has been converted from diesel fuel to liquid natural gas. The tank car behind the BNSF 5815 is where the LNG is stored. For some reason, mechanical issues I believe, this set... (more)

As I was driving to Los Angeles to spend Fourth of July with my family, I found myself in front of a beautiful sunset; caused by a monsoon storm over Kingman. I told myself that if a train comes n... (more)

As the sun sets on a great day track side with some great friends, we wrapped up with one last train at Peach Springs. The hot Los Angeles, CA to Willow Springs, IL UPS train approaches the contro... (more)

The lone warbonnet Dash-9 is the DPU of westbound manifest as rumbles quietly pass Crookton. This low priority manifest train will stop at Seligman to let a westbound Z train over take it.

A hot Z8 from San Bernardino, CA to Willow Springs, IL rounds the sagging curve at Audley as it will begins the climb over the Arizona Divide in a few miles.

On a cool and stormy September night, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief comes to a stop to do its station work at Flagstaff. The city of Flagstaff is one of the few towns in the United Stations t... (more)

Grand Canyon Railway's 2-8-2 steam locomotive #4960 slowly moves through the Kaibab National Forest near Quivero on its return trip from the Grand Canyon. In less than a mile, the 4960 will stop t... (more)