Inbound and Outbound Just east of Flagstaff, Ariz. two Los Angeles Harbor trains are seen meeting at the S-curve of Cosnino. Luck played a huge factor in this shot as the head end of an eas... (more)

As thunderstorms brew and rain begins to fall, here we see Amtrak's Southwest Chief #4 as it pulls up alongside the station platform in Raton, NM. Decorated in the Phase I paint scheme, this train... (more)

As the sun begins to set over the Seligman area, a high priority BNSF train for Texas is fighting hard up the Arizona Divide near Crookton.

A BNSF GE Dash-9, still sporting the red & silver Santa Fe paint scheme, rumbles out of Crozier Canyon along Route 66 as it approaches Valentine.

One of BNSF's dirty EMD SD70ACe leads an empty crude oil train down the Arizona Divide out of the sag at Darling. Just recently, BNSF has been running crude oil trains along the southern transcon.... (more)

On a hazy day in October 1977, a Santa Fe eastbound roars slowly upgrade at Woodford with an SP and Santa Fe manifest in the hole in the long siding. A U-boat in 5936's consist is sending a plume ... (more)

Splitting the blades, Phase I Heritage unit #156 glides Amtrak's Southwest Chief through a set of intermediate semaphore signals in Robinson, NM, on a cool and stormy mid-August afternoon.

Across northern Arizona and New Mexico, the BNSF Railway's Transcon parallels the famed "Route 66." As BNSF train Q-STOCHI6-13 (Guaranteed Service Intermodal; Stockton CA to Chicago IL) departs G... (more)

Apache Railway was not going to be left out of the nation’s Bi-centennial in 1976, so it painted its diesels red-white-blue too. Five Alco RS-11’s were dragging the substantial interchange fr... (more)

A eastbound Metrolink passes through Colton with one of the ex Go-Transit units.

While running under stormy weather conditions, we see Phase I Heritage unit #156 lead Amtrak's Southwest Chief #4 through an intermediate set of semaphore signals. Over the last several weeks, the... (more)

Running under the no longer seen former Southern Pacific signal, BNSF 6536 brings the power of the Z STOWSP-6 under the signals. These signals were torn down 24 hours later

Amtrak's train #4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, departed Gallup, New Mexico, 42 minutes late on the morning of August 15th, 2015. One of the carrier's specially painted 40th Anniversary e... (more)

...and don't forget Winona... Winona, Arizona, was made famous for it's mention in the classic song "Route 66." BNSF Railway train X-BARMIN1-16 passes through Winona as it hauls... (more)