Since I was in middle school, I have been running around with a camera in my hand. What has fueled this passion for photography has been my obsession with trains. Growing up in the port community of San Pedro, Calif, I was exposed to trains and ships carrying cargo back and forth to Asia. With influence from grandfather's passion for model trains, and my father taking me to watch trains before I w
as in grade school, I gained a love for trains that I never out grew. Currently as an undergrad student at Northern Arizona University, I am fortunate to be near one of America's busiest rail lines; the BNSF Southern Transcon. The section of mainline action I've focused on is the BNSF Seligman Subdivision. The Seligman Subdivision runs from Needles, Calif. The line is an important route to connect UPS traffic from Chicago, IL to the west coast ports of California. Along this line, over seventy train tackle in a headed to headed battle with gravity as they travel over the Arizona Divide; an elevation of 7,335 feet above sea level. From Needles, Calif (550 feet above sea level), these heavy freight trains work as hard as they can to concur over the divide.
