The 1960 line change between Williams and Crookton, AZ was a significant event in expediting traffic. The steep grades and sharp curves of the old route via Ash Fork were replaced with a high spee... (more)
My dad truly loved everything about the Santa Fe. He passed that love onto me also. Even though we live in Union Pacific country, we couldn't wait to get down on the Santa Fe. Here is one of his s... (more)
The last of the days light isn't much, but a glinting unit tank train is just what is needed to create interesting light on the BNSF Seligman sub.
Just after sunset a westbound auto train and the slide fences glint in the deep cut at West Doublea on the BNSF Seligman Sub.
Yes, steel rails can bend! A westbound rail train rolls through the curve leading to West Doublea on the BNSF's Crookton Cutoff.
On the BNSF's Crookton Cutoff, a westbound stack train swings around the curve leading to West Doublea.
Rumbling down the one percent grade of the Crookton Cutoff, a westbound Q intermodal train for Stockton, CA snakes through the S-curve near West Doublea.
A long autorack train slices through the massive and deep Rock Cut at West Doublea, flying downhill along the Santa Fe line change known as the Crookton Cutoff.
A long unit tank car train slices through the Deep cuts near Doublea along the Crookton Cutoff. This train was exceptionally quiet because not a single tank car had wheel flat spots.
The trailers of a high priority Z-train for San Bernardino, CA snake through the Crookton Cutoff at nearly 70 MPH as a Richmond, CA to Clovis, NM stack train grinds up the one percent grade. Open ... (more)
In the late 1950s, the ATSF railway created a new line between Seligman and Williams, AZ to reduce the steepness of the grade from a 4% grade to 1%. While constructing the new line, workers had to... (more)
Outrunning the storm...
