An eastbound BNSF Z train obliterates a small snowdrift at Bellemont as it charges east towards Flagstaff, Winslow and points east. This was my first ever encounter with snow railfanning, and I wa... (more)

A Westbound manifest train is seen passing the old water tower at Bellemont along old Route 66.

Working its way out of a dip in the terrain and past the original ATSF water storage tower here that once helped quench the thirty of Santa Fe steam locomotives, BNSF 8358 leads an eastbound inter... (more)

An empty grain shuttles moves through the crossover switch of Bellemont, to avoid track and time near Flagstaff, as it races towards the summit of the Arizona Divide on a summer morning.

Led by Santa Fe EMD SD45 No. 5387, an eastbound AT&SF freight prepares to make a set out at Bellemont, Arizona, on April 21, 1990.

Arizona Divide Kodachrome(s)
An eastbound Santa Fe piggyback train, with six reefers up front, flies through Bellemont, Arizona, while crossing the Arizona Divide on July 7, 1986. Power... (more)

A WB Z train flys around the S curve near East Bellemont as it kicks up snow from rail-level as mother nature continues to form it.

Late night storms brought fresh powder to the northern reaches of the state, as the day continues near whiteout conditions appeared sporadically. But the trains continued to roll on this slower th... (more)

A classic scene in the late 1990/early 2000s. From the overpass at Bellemont, a nice looking warbonnet leads an westbound train through the winter scenery.

After waiting for an eastbound officer special to pass, BNSF 4579 leads the San Bernardino, CA to Atlanta, GA Z Train east through Bellemont, AZ on January 31st, 2018.

The hottest train on the entire BNSF system, the Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z9 (formally the 199), waste no time doing 70 MPH and kicking snow as it rockets through the control point of B... (more)

After being held in Flagstaff for an hour due to other train traffic, BNSF 744 races west through the s-curve at Bellemont, AZ leading a westbound oil train.

As the sun sets in the west, BNSF 7022 races west leading the Clovis, NM to Phoenix, AZ autoracks through the signals at Bellmont, AZ on January 27th, 2018.

Northern Arizona was hit with a winter storm on Saturday, Jan. 20th, that dropped four inches around the Arizona Divide. Here, a pair of GE motors race through the s-curve of Bellemont as they hau... (more)

A BN Leader. An ex BN SD60M provides a break from the ubiquitous BNSF GE units. The long eastbound stack train has passed the iconic water tank at Bellemont and is starting the uphill cl... (more)