A westbound BNSF train races west in the waning light of 9/19/12 at Dalies,NM.

The engineer tries to shadow his train in smoke as the Holbrook Turn smokes it up on 9/20/12. The train is shoving back towards the mainline after making a pickup of stored frac sand hoppers off o... (more)

BNSF 9089, a brand new SD70ACe, leads a coal empty from SRP's Coronado Generating Station to East Thunder Mine, WY eastbound on the BNSF Gallup Sub near Milan, NM on 9/30/12. Haystack Mountain is ... (more)

With 6 units and 15 cars going up hill, why not throttle down and then throttle up to give the photographers a show? The engineer did just that for us at MP 1 on 9/28/12 as the Holbrook Turn heads... (more)

Apache Railway's Holbrook turn is seen climbing out of Holbrook,AZ at MP 1 on 9/28/12. The 6 units on this train were needed for the heavy 73 car northbound train into Holbrook, which had 32 mixed... (more)

Amtrak train #4, the Southwest Chief, is minutes into New Mexico as it speeds east towards its next station stop in Gallup,NM on 9/20/12.

With the monsoon season nearing its end, A BNSF Z train heads west under stormy skies between Crookton and Seligman, AZ on 9/22/12.

More storms are moving in as a coal empty from Mexico to Carbon Coal(MP 2 BNSF Defiance Sub, west of Gallup,NM) passes underneath the old Route 66 bridge east of Grants,NM on 9/24/12.

All 3 Escalante Western SD40-2's are working hard as they pull their train over the hill at Lee Ranch Jct on 9/26/12. The train is heading back west towards Escalante Jct and the Plains Escalante ... (more)

Fall colors are starting to show on a tree as Amtrak 184, the Phase 4 Heritage locomotive for Amtrak, leads train #3, the Southwest Chief, through Grants,NM on 9/24/12.

Western Fuels train from the Plains Escalante Generating Station to Lee Ranch Mine swings around the corner at Lee Ranch Jct at track speed on 9/24/12.

BNSF 7485 heads west with 8000 feet of TOFC between Crookton and Eagles Nest, AZ on 9/23/12.

Engineer Kevin throttles up his 3 Alco/MLW locomotives and cloaks his train with smoky goodness as the Holbrook Turn heads south out of Holbrook, AZ on 9/20/12.

The setting sun leaves a golden glint on a grain empty climbing east out of Seligman,AZ on 9/22/12

Mammatus clouds are present under this late monsoon season thunderstorm as another westbound BNSF manifest passes Bluewater,NM the evening of 9/12/12.