A 2AM call to the Chief Dispatcher to remind him that the AOE could not depart Barstow before 0600 paid of as the train was running ahead of schedule across Arizona, it was paced, held at Barstow,... (more)
The first of this year's annual springtime American Orient Express (AOE) Southern Antebellum trips heads west at Jackson's Gap, approaching Alexander City. The train is headed for New Orleans.