About 50,000 years ago a meteorite slammed into Earth approximately 5 miles from this location in the northern Arizona desert west of Winslow. Today you can exit Interstate 40, and park your RV a... (more)

On the top of a bridge over Arizona Rte. 89 with it's Santa Fe lettering still visible, the Chicago-Phoenix Z-train twists into the late afternoon light.

Westbound stacks come through the dip approaching West Eagle Nest on the Crookton Cutoff as seen from Kaibab National Forest. We're about 40 miles south of the Grand Canyon, getting here on the g... (more)

The Chicago-Phoenix Z makes the move past the old Santa Fe depot onto the scenic Peavine for the final run into this important terminal about 175 rail miles down the mountain and into the valley o... (more)

Viewed from the Lowell Observatory drive, above the Flagstaff Amtrak-BNSF depot environs and old US Rte. 66, a westbound vehicle train winds through town during Friday afternoon rush hour where ve... (more)

Working the west end at Clearing

Centuries pause at Clearing.

A WSOR business train deadheads past the old MILW depot in Black Earth headed west to Prairie du Chien.

CP's 277-train has an interesting consist today.

Twilight time arrives and so does the CP 277-symbol with four blue and golds leading.

Normally, eastbound loads are grinding climbing up the path into Rio. However, on this day the mighty Mac's of the INRD are having no problem cresting the grade with a coke train.

Amtrak's Empire Builder makes a station stop at Columbus with Heritage #156 leading the way.

"Hey wait, where's the rest of the train?" The trainset has been re-positioned at the Zephyr pit then dropped off, and the railfan throngs have gone home. The cold wind off the lake rakes throug... (more)

Running on old home rails, ex-MILW #17 now dressed as NREX 6301, leads a CP-281 symbol westward into the setting sun.

A loaded unit frac sand train cuts across the Wisconsin wetlands on Christmas Eve 2011. This train most likely originated in the Winona (MN) area, loaded with Mississippi River sand and headed ea... (more)