At Sandcut, the dispatcher crosses a Santa Fe eastbound over in front of an opposing SP manifest. Sandcut is the point where ABS ended and CTC began as you headed east.
A very long eastbound SP manifest roars up the grade east of Bealville, with the head end exiting tunnel 5 and its trailers still passing in the foreground. This train was a good 10,000 feet long!... (more)
The brake shoe haze and dust kicked up by a downhill Santa Fe coal train catches the reddish rays of the setting sun at the east end of Bealville. This heavy coal load is headed for a cogenerator ... (more)