Even from high above the hills near Darling, Ariz., one can hear the sounds of General Electric motors roaring with life as they fight gravity. The early morning sunlight begins to warm the easter... (more)

A Kansas City to Port of Los Angeles stack train slowly battles up the climb over the Arizona Divide as it snakes along the section of train between Darling and Cosnino on a below freezing morning... (more)

As the morning sunlight begins to illuminate the Colorado Plateau, two BNSF intermodal trains can be seen battling the 1.5 percent grade. The first train, a Kansas City, KS to Port of Long Beach, ... (more)

The Santa Fe heritage still lives on the rails that were once ruled by blue and yellow locomotives. Darling, roughly fifteen miles east of Flagstaff, still has one of the original style station si... (more)

After getting hammered with 30 inches of snow the day before, the Arizona Divide looks like winter wonderland to start the new year of 2016. With another snow storm in background, BNSF's Flagstaff... (more)

Moments before the sun rises over the Colorado Plateau, a stack train bound for the ports of Long Beach, Calif. fights the steep grade towards Flagstaff, Ariz. as it knocks down the green light fo... (more)

For the last month or so, Union Pacific trains have been detouring over the BNSF Transcon due to track work on the UP tracks in Arizona. On a chilly February morning, an eastbound UP train races d... (more)

The sun begins to rise along the eastern slope of the Arizona Divide as a heavy Memphis, TN to Los Angeles, CA Z-train can be seen working hard up the 1.5 percent grade out of Darling on a chilly ... (more)

Traffic is all backed up along the eastern end of Seligman Subdivision as a hot Z7 runs around a 12,000 foot long stack train and another Z train at the top of the sag at Darling.

What a rare sight in the year 2014, a GE standard cab locomotive leading a train on the transcon! I got the heads up while in class about a trio of CSX units leading a Memphis, TN to Los Angeles H... (more)

The sun has nearly set on the first day of October along Arizona Divide as three of General Eclectic's locomotives throttle out of the Darling sag with a heavy Q train in tow.

Slowly crawling up the 1.5 percent grade of the Arizona, a heavy Q CHISTO6 struggles to reach Darling as hot UPS trains are rapidly approaching behind it.

Westbound traffic is backed up along the eastern slope of Arizona Divide as an eastbound stack train passes two parked trains.

As the sun begins to dip behind the Arizona Divide, an eastbound stack train races down through Darling with the San Francisco peaks in the background.

The snow covered San Francisco Peaks can be seen in the background as a hot Z9 for Georgia races out of the sag at Darling in March of 2015.