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)

A red and silver warbonnet leads a Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest through the heart of Crozier Canyon as the shadows grown long against the canyon's walls from the setting sun.

KCS 4142 leads an extra Kingman Local as it approaches the road crossing of Hackberry Rd. Normally, the Kingman Local works Monday- Friday, but Friday's Winslow to Kingman manifest train was a day... (more)

Four GE motors lead a 15,000 ft stack train down the 1.6% grade of Nelson Canyon as it brings up the rear of a fleet of westbound traffic that is running short on crew hours.

A westbound Z-train descends down main track #1 in Nelson Canyon as it passes the siding for the Nelson Lime Plant. Since the construction of the Truxton Flyover, westbound trains normally travers... (more)

A Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL H-train charges up the grade between Truxton and Peach Springs as it traverses the Arizona Divide. Note that a slug set, BNSF 1821 & BN 57 are being towed on this tr... (more)