SD70Ms at track speed break the silence of the Cienega Creek Preserve.
UP 5194 West soars over the Cienega Creek Canyon and Track 2 at 1153.
Just after the passing of a westbound on Track 1, eastbound baretables glide down toward the underpass on Track 2 at 1140. The number of curves and grade changes in one train length on Track 2 in... (more)
In my version of the popular Cienega Creek shot, UP 7764 West whines downgrade with screaming dynamics at 1137. The DPUs are just coming into the frame at right. As soon as the train passed, I w... (more)
A wide angle view of the derailment site while attempting to rerail the trailing unit.
Rerailing the 4557 following a late night derailment at the Vail crossovers.
UP 4175 leads a eastbound manifest on the #2 track through Cienega Creek
A westbound UP train with NS power heads towards Tucson with a fierce thunderstorm in the sky behind it
UP 5049 leads a long intermodal train east on track #2 through Cienega Creek as it passes one of several ancient Saguaro's in this area
A change of pace in locomotives as CSXT 8757 snakes through Vail on the #2 track paralleling Cienega Creek
No...Tucson was not Nuked by the Soviets...but it sure looks like it...SouthWestRails.Com
Union Pacific 5399 C45ACCTE Leading a west bound manifest freight on main #1 over the Cienega Creek Bridge. Eastbound main track #2 snakes below the Bridge as the #2 track follows the contours of ... (more)
Across the Bridge SouthWestRails.com
Eastbound UP train with solid NS power headed through Cienega Creek
TWO trains heading though the Cienega Creek Crossover, in this exposure. SouthWestRails.Com