This photo was shot the year UP renovated the yard at Roseville. The rail is being cut in preparation for the welding process. I got to take the cut piece of rail home to AZ as a souvenir.
Westbound in the hole at Picacho.
I guess blondes do have more fun! Casa Grande local crew discussing how they're going to switch a cut of cars.
The Sunset Limited rolls by a westbound stacktrain with a SD90mac II in the consist. Too bad they didn't last.
An SD9043 idles at Cowtown.
A westbound manifest sits on the wye at Picacho waiting to enter the main.
A westbound manifest with an unpatched SD40M-2 as the fourth unit waits to enter the Phoenix branch.
A westbound stacktrain approaches Shawmut summit.
Westbound stack-autotrain with two clean SD70ACes zips around the corner at Shawmut.
Westbound stacktrain turns the corner at Shawmut.
Westbound freight heads for Shawmut at sunset.
Sunset Limited passes a freight on the way to Maricopa.
Three Amtrak paint schemes and an F40. This was the last time I saw an F40 on the Sunset Limited.
An eastbound crosses over the wash at the Shawmut switch.
Westbound stacktrain at Shawmut.