The absolute last rays of sunlight illuminate the nose of the BNSF 5629 as it races down the Arizona Divide with a heavy Barstow-bound manifest.

Racing down Ash Hill at nearly 70 MPH are three GE motors with a San Diego, CA to Clovis, NM vehicle train as they approach Amboy. As the sun sets; it was 110 degrees on this summer evening.

A GE and EMD consist hustles an empty coal train out of Trinidad and through the horseshoe curve of Ludlow.

A "mega empty" coal train negotiates over the hog backs of Lynn as it heads north out of Trinidad with a fresh crew. These "mega empty' trains are two empty coal trains that are put... (more)

A Belen, NM to Denver, CO manifest train is tied down in the siding of Lynn, CO, along BNSF's Spanish Peaks Subdivision, as a summer thunder storm rages in the background. In 2019, the North/ Sout... (more)

With only a couple of miles left till the summit of Ash Hill, four GE motors hustle a long pool Z-train up the steep grade as the crew races towards the final destination of San Bernardino, CA.

Westbound traffic is starting to back up along the Needles Sub, near Cadiz, as a Chicago, IL to Stockton, CA intermodal train catches yellow signals due to slower trains climbing Bolo and Ash Hill... (more)

Yesterday's Phoenix, AZ to Belen, NM manifest train sits in the siding of Ash Fork waiting for a fresh crew to get rested from the Williams hotel to take the train to Winslow. This is the first da... (more)

After meeting a hotshot Z-train at the siding of Abra, BNSF 4588 starts to pull eastward with an empty ethanol train.

As the sun sets along the BNSF's Needles Sub, located in the eastern Mojave Desert, a hotshot Z-train charges up the one percent grade of Goffs Hill.

A heavy Galesburg, IL to Barstow, CA manifest train descends down the grade of Pan Canyon, towards Seligman, as left over snow from last week's storm still lingers around the area.

A pair of GE motors hustle a baretable train that was in storage in Defiance, NM as the train navigates through Crozier Canyon.

BNSF 4706 leads the Stockton, CA to Chicago, IL guarantee intermodal service train out of the Kingman valley near the railroad location of Walapai. Delivered to BNSF in October of 1997, 4706 was t... (more)

The hot New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA UPS train slowly creeps up to the signal of East Goffs as it waits for the switches to bend back to normal position. The switches were bent to let an eastbo... (more)

An eight engine power move from Tulsa, OK to Watson Yard, CA races across the Needles Sub as it passes through Essex.