Arizona, New Mexico, And California

"Twenty Juan"

A CN ES44DC heads through Flagstaff in the rain. ATSF 646 was at the helm of the train.

Thanks to a conveniently place hotel, I am able to get shots of BNSF trains hustling over the transcon. The best part is they are miles away and can be seen from up to 14 miles away! This makes it seem as if youre running Z scale trains on a gigantic layout.

We pass up a BNSF baretable train on Route 66 in Gallup, NM. The train was sitting there with a red signal.

ATSF 640 rolls west through Gallup, NM on the old"Santa Fe transcon.

NS and CSX locomotives pull a westbound coil train through Gallup, NM. Unfortunately, I was on I-40 when i took this and I was at a railroad crossing just minutes before.

BNSF 988, a locomotive that has been running for at least 17 years (18 in 2015).

An IFRX flatcar with an unknwn load.

BNSF 7548 brings up the rear of a westbound manifest.

CN 2138 travels through McCartys, NM.

A KCS SD70ACe and a BNSF executive SD70MAC are the DPUs on a Westbound coal train.

BNSF 5457 with a missing B on the side door.

A wrecked BNSF grain car makes an appearance on an eastbound manifest.

Took this one from my hotel room. As a part of a 2 week vacation, we stayed the first two nights in Wintrhaven, CA. On the evening of the first oay, I caught a westbound train with a UP locomotive wearing the "We Will Deliver" livery.

A pair of CSX locomotives lead the Z-ATLC through Winterhaven at sunset.

One of the overwhelming amount of trains I saw on June 1st happened to have a CSX SD40-3, otherwise known as a "Spongebob Cab".

A!northbound Coaster train arrives at she Old Town station.

BNSF 8255 (and sister 8256) bask in the Summer sunlight in Flagstaff, AZ

The engineer of BNSF 7583 steps off the train at Cosnino, AZ. I was actually able to talk to the guy and he gave me the info about the traffic jam that day.

The old crew of BNSF 7583 (right) are meeting up with the new crew (left behind the van).

I was seconds away from leaving Cosnino when CSX 933 came by. We were almost ready to leave when the gates went down.

With a Santa Fe warbonnet behind it, this CSX locomotive trail 2nd out of 4 on an eastbound manifest. This train was stopped at CP McPhetridge and met/a westbound stacktrain moments after%this was taken.

CIT 6001 trails 3rd on a BNSF ethanol train near the Arizona divide

Follow the rails to the mountains of Arizona!

Just some signals near Flagstaff, AZ

A (very rare) BN SD40-2 travels through Flagstaff, AZ. It is trailing behind a former Santa Fe SD75M

Front end of an SD70ACe.

Amtraks Southwest Chief #4 rushes through Flagstaff, AZ running 7 1/2 hours late

On a busy Summer day near Flagstaff, an eastbound intermodal train charges down the mountain.

A BNSF intermodal train with a warbonnet is the 2nd to last train we see on an amazing railfanning day.

A BNSF SD70MAC train 3/4 on an eastbound intermodal train. An NS GEVO was also on the train

An NS GEVO trails 4/4 on an eastbound intermodal train.

A BNSF autorack train rolls through Cosnino, AZ on a cloudy Summer day. Im assuming this unit was an Ex-Santa Fe Dash 9, because it had an RS3L air horn.

When a BNSF highrailer drives in your shot of a train...

A BNSF intermodal train slowly rolls into West Winslow, AZ on a hot Summer day.

A pair of BNSF engines can be seen from the eastbound lane of I-40 in Gallup, NM.

A DPU can be seen across I-40 in New Mexico.

A CN SD75I travels down the BNSF transcon on the Laguna reservation.

Amtrak 156 travels through New Mexico on a warm July morning. Right when I took this shot, we turned around and shot straight back up I-40 to get a better shot. Talk about foamers, lol.

One of many pictures I took of Amtrak 156. Its not the best photo due to the location, but at least you could see the thing. Thats all that mattered to me!

An eastbound train rolls through Flagstaff on a Summer Afternoon. Lucky for me, the train had a Citirail (CREX) locomotive 3rd out. It was the first time I was able to see any CREX ES44AC in Flagstaff.

A very short BNSF intermodal train heads westbound through Flagstaff, AZ.

Here are 4 reasons to love BNSFs transcontinential mainline. 5 different paint schemes are seen on this EB intermodal (Two BNSFs are off cam).

Passing up BNSF 9932 at Darling, AZ on Interstate 40.

A short BNSF mixed freight train heads west at Darling, AZ.

About 45 minutes after passing it at Darling, we get BNSF 9932 again in Flagstaff.

A slow BNSF oil train passes through Flagstaff on a rainy day.

An eastbound intermodal train rounds the curve at Cosnino, AZ with a Dash 8 and a warbonnet.

A BNSF autorack train crawls through the beautiful mountains of Arizona.