Four GE motors lead a 15,000 ft stack train down the 1.6% grade of Nelson Canyon as it brings up the rear of a fleet of westbound traffic that is running short on crew hours.
A westbound Z-train descends down main track #1 in Nelson Canyon as it passes the siding for the Nelson Lime Plant. Since the construction of the Truxton Flyover, westbound trains normally travers... (more)
A Red and Yellow C30-7 leads a westbound pig train past the cement plant at Nelson AZ on a fall day in 1989. this shot was taken from my friends airplane. This is the Seligman west Sub. note the... (more)
BNSF 3948 leads an eastbound Z-train as it climbs the grade towards Yampai as it emerges out of the Nelson Tunnel. This tunnel is the only double track tunnel on the former- Santa Fe system.
The morning sun hits the nose of the BNSF 7540 as it emerges out of Nelson Tunnel. Nelson Tunnel is the only double track tunnel built by the Santa Fe. With the triple track project of Cajon Pass,... (more)
A KCS AC4400CW leads the X-BARQUA1-27C, an empty BNSF grain train out of the tunnel at Nelson, AZ. This double track tunnel was the only one of its kind on the entire Santa Fe system.
On a cold November morning, a loaded military train climbs eastward towards the summit of Yampai as it passes through Nelson Canyon on the Hualapai Reservation.
Storming out of the only tunnel on BNSF’s Southern transcon, 4 GE’s pull a Z train up Yampai hill in the heart of Nelson Canyon. After going here once I figured this would be an interesting an... (more)