Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Albany and Eastern Railroad's steam locomotive takes a ride on an 80 ton lowboy to the Oregon Logger's Conference in Eugene. Watch a 215,000 pound truck head down the highway.
Albany and Eastern Railroad's steam locomotive takes a ride on an 80 ton lowboy to the Oregon Logger's Conference in Eugene. Watch a 215,000 pound truck head down the highway.
![Can a little steam engine pull BIG freight cars? [YES!]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gmku33Q6FNg/mqdefault.jpg "Can a little steam engine pull BIG freight cars? [YES!]
Santa Maria Valley 2-6-2 Baldwin pulls hi-cube box cars on the Albany and Eastern Railroad in western Oregon.")
![Arizona Desert Main Line [Union Pacifics Gila Subdivision]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iXMiMQtAzEI/mqdefault.jpg "Arizona Desert Main Line [Union Pacifics Gila Subdivision]
Continuing our journey across the former Southern Pacific’s Sunset Route, the Gila Subdivision covers over 255 miles of track between Yuma and Tucson, Arizona. Around 35 trains traverse this transcontinental main line every day originating in Texas, Kansas, Louisiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Arizona, and California.
We begin along the Colorado River at Yuma, where trains cross from California into Arizona. The railroad snakes around the harsh, lifeless Gila Mountains skirting the edge of the Castle Dome Valley. Following the old route of the Butterfield Stage, trains pass through Dome and Wellton before cresting Mohawk Pass and dropping down to Gila Bend.
The beauty of the desert comes alive as we climb through the Maricopa Mountains decorated with giant saguaro cactus near Shawmut. The final leg of the journey leads us southeast through Maricopa and the Casa Grande Valley. After passing Picacho Peak, we wrap up at UP’s busy yard in Tucson.
This is desert-railroading in the harsh Sonoran Desert country of Arizona. This is Union Pacific’s Gila Sub.
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0:00 Intro
2:38 Map
4:42 Yuma
12:29 Pacific
16:44 Blaisdell
18:30 Kinter
24:33 Dome
40:50 West Wellton
42:32 East Wellton
43:02 Noah
51:06 Mohawk Pass
53:35 Aztec
55:01 Theba
58:07 Gila Bend
59:54 Bosque
1:06:35 Shawmut
1:14:49 Estrella
1:18:12 Maricopa
1:23:35 Casa Grande
1:26:58 Toltec
1:28:07 Eloy
1:29:24 Picacho
1:36:30 Red Rock
1:42:19 Tucson")
