A westbound Kansas City, KS to Long Beach, CA stack train cruises west along northern Arizona's high desert as it rounds the curve at Antares during sunrise.

As dusk has settled over the Mojave Desert, an eastbound stack train from the Port of Los Angeles crest the summit of Ash Hill as it races down the 1.6% grade into the darkness of the desert.

The San Bernardino, CA to Alliance, TX Z-train descends down Ash Hill at the EBCS West Siberia. In the background, the Z-MEMLAC can be seen climbing Main 1 near Klondike.

Christmas is less than a week away, so is the end of Peak Season. Last minute UPS packages are being traversed across the rails to arrive in time for Christmas morning. Here, the hot Willow Spring... (more)

A trio of SD70ACes lead the Z-AUGSBD through Valentine on chilly November evening. The Z-AUGSBD is one of the few intermodal trains to consistently have Norfolk Southern power on it as this train ... (more)

Running nearly 18 hours behind schedule, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief makes its way through Hackberry at dusk as it nears the crew changing location of Kingman, AZ. There, a Los Angeles crew... (more)

An early May storm has left snow over the San Francisco Peaks as a westbound Z-train traverses over the tricky hogbacks of Bootlegger near Williams, AZ.

An EMD SD70ACe leads a Long Beach, CA to Clovis, NM stack train through Cherokee Canyon near Peach Springs, AZ on a late spring morning.

With a fresh crew on board, an eastbound Z-train departs Needles, CA as it heads into Arizona to traverse the 300 mile journey over the Seligman Subdivision to Winslow, AZ.

BNSF 729 leads a Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest train up the 1.4% grade through Crozier Canyon near Valentine, AZ. The iconic Santa Fe, red and silver paint scheme on the BNSF 729 has suffe... (more)

A Ferromex SD70ACe is the rear DP motor on an Amarillo, TX to Barstow, CA manifest train as it clears the road crossing of Hackberry Rd. On Main 2, an eastbound Z-train starts to move after gettin... (more)

A very short Alliance, TX to Stockton, CA Z-train races around the 70 MPH curve of Antares before dropping down the 1% grade into Kingman. The Z-ALTSTO is usually a short train departing Winslow, ... (more)

The Northern Lights were visible in many parts of the United States on the night of Oct. 10th, 2024. Here in Arizona, the lights were barely visible with the naked eye, but would show up on camera... (more)

After letting a westbound UPS Z-train crossover in front of them, the eastbound San Bernardino, CA to Alliance, TX Z-train notches up to speed after holding clear of the crossing at Hackberry, AZ.

A 100 car loaded grain train from Council Bluffs, IA to Guernsey, CA descends down the 1.4% grade out of Crozier Canyon as three GE motors hold back over 14,000 tons of train. Two former Santa Fe ... (more)