train watching in phoenix - Trains Magazine

I don't live in or near Phoenix, but from what I know about the area there is very little regularly-scheduled train activity.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) has a line (the Peavine) that runs into Phoenix from the north, and Union Pacific (UP) has a line coming in from the south, but both are branch lines with very little traffic.  

If it's still running, there's a regional line called the Arizona-California line that runs from the southwest side of Phoenix to Parker, Arizona, across the Colorado River, and then to a connection with the BNSF at Cadiz, California.

The BNSF transcontinental line runs across northern Arizona through Holbrook, Flagstaff, Williams, and Kingman, basically parallel to Interstate Highway 40, and the UP Sunset Route main line runs further south through Yuma, Casa Grande and Tucson, parallel to Interstate Highway 10.

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