The $25 Photo. While making the drive from Southern California to Albuquerque in a single day, I got lunch in Winslow with a friend who mentioned there was a CSX leader on the point of a we... (more)

Working its way out of a dip in the terrain and past the original ATSF water storage tower here that once helped quench the thirty of Santa Fe steam locomotives, BNSF 8358 leads an eastbound inter... (more)

Taking a break between runs, a loaded BNSF rail train lays over in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Originally called to make the remainder of the run down to Albuquerque over the course of the two days I w... (more)

On a glorious, summer afternoon in New Mexico, AMTK 135 hustles the eastbound Southwest Chief across the flats at Schomberg under a stunning sky. The train is using ever bit of the dwindling milea... (more)

The Grand Canyon Line Lives. Dating back to the glory days of this rail line's original owner, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, this bridge crossing found just south of Las Vegas,... (more)

With thousands upon thousands of feet of westbound tonnage on the drawbar, BNSF 6901 hustles its lengthy train out of New Mexico and into Arizona at Lupton with the iconic, dramatic rock formation... (more)

Having just rolled to a stop next to the original ATSF depot here at Ash Fork, BNSF 4244 waits to get back on the move as it waits for an east/southbound intermodal to clear the switch east of tow... (more)

Working downgrade from Kingman, BNSF 7749 west meets theBNSF 7502 east as the westbound train closes in on its next crew change point of Needles - ultimately bound for the Port of Los Angeles.

As BNSF 7502 snakes it way through Kingman Canyon on a warm, summer morning, the rear of this eastbound train is still thousands of feet behind and out of sight.

BNSF 7502 leads an eastbound stack train upgrade into Kingman Canyon on a warm, summer morning in western Arizona.

Morning Steam. For the first time since 1953, Santa Fe 2926 moves under her own power after more than 20 years of work by the dedicated volunteers of the New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railr... (more)

History at ABQ - Santa Fe 2926. More than 20 years since it was pulled out of a local park in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved to the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical So... (more)

The First...and Last Time. Skirting the Pacific Ocean on a warm, summer day is AMTK 161 - wearing the newly applied 50th Anniversary Phase I paint scheme - as it leads Amtrak Train No. 14, ... (more)

Rudolph Takes Flight At Gaviota. Crossing the 121-year-old trestle at Gaviota, Calif., AMTK 161 leads the northbound Coast Starlight across the 811-foot long span on a hot, June afternoon. ... (more)

It Was Meant To Be. AMTK 161, a P42DC built in May 2001, makes its very first trip up the ex-Southern Pacific coast line since adorning the newest Phase I Anniversary Paint scheme applied t... (more)