A Chicago, IL to San Bernardino, CA Z-train races westward at 70 MPH as the train begins to transitions from dynamic braking into power to fight the brief uphill grade out of West Eagle Nest.
A 2x1 stack train charges hard up the grade out of West Eagle Nest as it navigates the S-curves along the Crookton Cutoff.
Evening glint reflects off the side of three big GE motors as they hustle an Oakland, CA to Logistic Park Chicago, IL intermodal train out of Eagle Nest.
A heavy Galesburg, IL to Barstow, CA manifest races across the Crookton Cutoff as it starts to notch into power and begin the climb out of Eagle Nest towards Crookton.
The hot Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino, CA Z8 races down the Crookton Cutoff as it races through the curves of Eagle Nest.
Back when they were used for hot shot trains on the Santa Fe. GP60M 150 and 159 have just overtaken another freight. On the Crookton line change section of the Seligman Subdivision.
What appears to be a hot shot BNSF Z train, is actually a repo train from Phoenix, Arizona to Los Angeles, California. With no wye switch at Williams Junction, we saw this train earlier in the mor... (more)
BNSF 5876 leads a manifest westbound through the s-curve at Eagle Nest on the BNSF Seligman sub.
A slightly different view at Eagle nest of a train curving on the elevated track from the north side.
BNSF 8419 leads a Z through Eagles Nest
At the isolated location of Eagle Nest, AZ, an eastbound Santa Fe manifest comes out of a rock cut on the Williams Crookton Line Change, which the railroad built in 1960. The new line has gentle c... (more)
A long westbound Z-train fills almost all of the big S-curve west of West Eagle Nest on the BNSF's Crookton Cutoff.
A westbound stack train leans into the second half of the big S-curve west of Eagle Nest on the BNSF's Crookton Cutoff.
As the sun starts to set, BNSF 4635 snakes west towards California leading a long domestic stack train through Eagle Nest.
BNSF 8172 leads 6400' of autoracks downhill curving through Eagle Nest, AZ.