Freight Across the Painted Desert

A BNSF freight train rolls across the high desert near the Puerco River in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Three orange locomotives pull a long line of railcars through the rugged landscape as the park road crosses the river in the foreground, bringing together two paths of travel through the American Southwest. Captured on a clear March morning, the scene highlights the vast openness of the Painted Desert and the enduring role of rail transportation across this remote landscape. #EngelPhotography #BNSF #FreightTrain #RailroadPhotography #TrainPhotography #PetrifiedForestNationalPark #PuercoRiver #PaintedDesert #Arizona #AmericanSouthwest #DesertLandscape #LandscapePhotography #TransportationPhotography #Railroad #SouthwestLandscape