Looming in the distance are the San Francisco Peaks, a volcanic mountain range in north-central Arizona's San Francisco volcanic field. These are a remnant the former San Francisco Mountain, now ... (more)

BNSF Railway train S-LPCLBE1-03L, with Norfolk Southern AC44C6M 4060 (ex-NS Dash 9-40C 8865) and BNSF ES44C4 8139 up front (and BNSF ES44C4 8204 as the rear Distributed Power Unit) providing the m... (more)

A pair of KCSM EMD's lead a long El Paso to Tucson manifest at Sybil, AZ.

The first mine run of the day to Clifton drops downgrade around 10am.

Freeport McMoRan's #49 at Clifton.

Freeport McMoRan's #9 at Morenci.

Exiting the west end of Crozier Canyon is BNSF Railway train Z-WSPSBD3-05A, a Willow Springs IL to San Bernardino CA Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4183, ES44C4 6782, ES44C4 ... (more)

Running late, as usual these past few years, Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, heading to Los Angeles from Chicago, departs Flagstaff at 11:25 pm (23:25), 1 hour 47 minutes behind sc... (more)

Apache railway ALCO RS36 900 is part of a five-unit set being prepared for the next train north. All three of the roads RS36 inits are part of this consist as well as two of the former SP RS11s

BNSF Railway's train Q-NYCLAC has, more often than not, Norfolk Southern power on it. Thus, even without confirmation of this train's symbol at the time, I was 98% sure it was the Q-NYCLAC. BNSF... (more)

Cooling its heals …. er … wheels in beautiful downtown Hackberry is a trainload of ballast headed for Franconia, Arizona. Eastbound BNSF train U-PPHFXX5-28B, with BNSF ES44DC 7862 and GECX Da... (more)

BNSF Railway's Transcon doesn’t really cross the whole North American continent, but it crosses at least two-thirds of it. And this train, BNSF Q-CHISTO3-30, is making that journey, having orig... (more)

A rare occurrence happened on Sunday the 23rd. Arizona and California's westbound Cadiz train ran west light engines, making this shot over the Colorado River Bridge of an east facing unit very ra... (more)

It's just before sunset on a warm Labor Day 2021 as the Casa Grande Hauler rolls east out of Casa Grande on it's way back to Tucson.

It's just after 9 PM on a late cloudy September night as the power for the weekday LKK30 rests quietly, waiting for it's next assignment serving industries along both lines they serve each week.