Five GE motors hustle the hot Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z9 out of Cherokee Canyon as evening golden light takes full effect along Arizona's high desert.
A combo stack train (13,000 ft long) races down towards the control signal of Cherokee with a rebuilt SD70MAC leader. One main track #1, the hot Z LACWSP9 18U charges up the grade with ease.
They were single tracking through Crozier canyon and trains were fleeting. Here you see a short HBARLUB1-29 climbing out of Cherokee headed towards Peach Springs, it snuck in on the tail of a few ... (more)