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 week left of Peak Season 2023, six GE locomotives are polishing the rails with hotshot San Bernardino, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z2. With a total of 26,400 horsepower, this Z-train has no is... (more)

3,700 feet of intermodal cargo for Northern California enters Cherokee Canyon on an Alliance, TX to Stockton, CA Z7 as it was the last train during a fleet of afternoon Z-trains.

A Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA Z7 makes its way into Cherokee Canyon on a pleasant February afternoon. With a track speed of 45 MPH through the canyon, this train was doing closer to 25 M... (more)

The hot Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA UPS Z9 train waste no time racing through Cherokee Canyon. Here, this hotshot is running on main #1, generally used by eastbounds, to get around another... (more)

A pair of GE motors work as distributed power locomotives as they shove the rear of a 9,600 foot-long stack train through Cherokee Canyon.

The hot, and short, Alliance, TX to Stockton, CA UPS train races out of Cherokee Canyon as it approaches the control point of Cherokee on a windy, winter afternoon. As traffic volumes increase, B... (more)

The hot, and short, Alliance, TX to Stockton, CA UPS train races out of Cherokee Canyon as it approaches the control point of Cherokee on a windy, winter afternoon. As traffic volumes increase, B... (more)

With an awful sounding horn, NS 1063 leads the Q NYCLAC through Cherokee, located between Truxton and Peach Springs.

Snaking out Cherokee Canyon, four GEs hustle a westbound Z train through the 45 MPH s-curve at the western part of the canyon; near Truxton.

One of the hottest trains on BNSF's Southern Transcon, the Los Angeles, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z9, races east towards Cherokee Canyon with nearly a whole train loaded with UPS cargo.

Five GE motors hustle the hot Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z9 out of Cherokee Canyon as evening golden light takes full effect along Arizona's high desert.

A combo stack train (13,000 ft long) races down towards the control signal of Cherokee with a rebuilt SD70MAC leader. One main track #1, the hot Z LACWSP9 18U charges up the grade with ease.

On a cold November morning a westbound BNSF grain train stretches across the rails at Cherokee with Cherokee Point silhouetted by the rising sun.

BNSF 8005 east leads an eastbound z -train through Truxton canyon between Cherokee and Peach Springs, AZ.