After nosing in onto the ARZC for a meet with a westbound Z, train QCHIPHX1-28 has reversed back onto the Phoenix sub and moving east again past the Matthie Wye.
On the eastbound 'Grand Canyon Limited' led by Santa Fe 4-8-4 #3751. Our train pulls through the wye at Matthie, AZ, & onto the BNSF Peavine line to Williams. For more pics of this train see my we... (more)
The eastbound Grand Canyon Limited has left A&C rails at Matthie Junction and is now headed north toward Williams on BNSF's Phoenix Subdivision, better known as "the Peavine."
Westbound intermodal about to pass under US 93...just a couple miles north of Matthie Wye. My Peavine webpage: http://www.aeromoe.com/Peavine.html
E/B uses A&C to clear the Peavine for a W/B stack train...this is a typical "Matthie Meet" and a pain in the behind for eastbound crews. My Peavine webpage: http://www.aeromoe.com/Peavine.html