An empty ethanol train heads toward Amarillo on BNSF's ex-Santa Fe Transcon as it inches up Curtis Hill. This train was being run-around by two higher priority westbounds allowing for the rare op... (more)
BNSF's local toward Amarillo continues to pull the Curtis Hill grade with an appropriate assortment of standard cab EMD locomotives. Of all the trains we saw this day on the Transcon, this was th... (more)
The airconditioning unit was getting a good workout on this day -- the temperature was well over 100 (F). Is the soil really that red ... or is it the earth glowing?