A hot Z7 races west towards Yampai Summit as an eastbound Q train from Northern California descends over the humps near Audley.

A colorful lash up on Barstow to Belen manifest train snakes through the long S-curve at Hackberry.

On a mid November day, the mercury is hovering around 25 degrees as the sun slowly rises over the tops of the Coconino pine trees. In the distance, the sound rumbling of heavy machinery begins to ... (more)

A BELBAR manifest moves through the heart of downtown Flagstaff as it passes the iconic train station where Amtrak's Southwest Chief stops.

Fresh snow covers the ground at Seligman, Ariz. as a hot Stockton, Calif. to Willow Springs, Ill. Z7 begins to climb the grade towards the summit of the Arizona Divide.

On it's final stretch across the Seligman Subdivision, an eastbound manifest races down the eastern slope of the Arizona Divide as the last few minutes of light illuminate the side of the train an... (more)

Back in May, I decided to head to Holbrook (90 miles east of Flagstaff) to photography the Apache Railway. After seeing them, I somehow ended up at the Arizona/ New Mexico border. Since I was ther... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief picks up speed as it enters the 90 MPH ATS track territory between Darling and Winslow as it heads east down the Arizona Divide. Amtrak usually passes through he... (more)

After holding the intermediate signal on the eastern side of town as track work backs up traffic, this New York to Los Angeles stack trains begins to notch up with two NS EMD locomotives trailing.... (more)

One of BNSF's new Tier 4 GE locomotives leads the relative new "guaranteed service" intermodal train from Los Angeles, CA to Austell, GA out of Flagstaff, Ariz. as the last rays of light... (more)

In the late 1950s, the ATSF railway created a new line between Seligman and Williams, AZ to reduce the steepness of the grade from a 4% grade to 1%. While constructing the new line, workers had to... (more)

Thunder Mountain Railroading...Afternoon thunderstorms have rolled into northern Arizona's high country, providing for dark and threatening clouds. Along with the sounds of distant thunder,... (more)

After an afternoon of rain showers across northern Arizona, a rainbow has appeared along the eastern side of Flagstaff. With only a few minutes left of sunlight, the slow moving Belen, NM to Phoen... (more)

With the sunlight fading behind the western ladscape, four mighty GE locomotives snake their way through the Coconino Pine Forest near Flagstaff, Ariz. Here, this Los Angeles bound intermodal trai... (more)

Grand Canyon Railway's 2-8-0 steam locomotive #29 charges hard towards the Grand Canyon as it highballs through Quivero. Once its arrives to the canyon, the crew will service the 29, and sent her ... (more)