pictures from the wild wild west

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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here are some shots i took during my latest western wanderings.

we will start off at the siding just east of Santa Rosa NM. this is one of my favorite places cause i can park the 18 wheeler right alongside the tracks and get some good pics.

next, we wander off to central New Mexico. these were taken just east of Thoreau NM. i pulled the rig off on the shoulder of old Route 66 and headed ove to the fence to get these shots. first are a couple of shots of an eastbound BNSF stack train off in the distance.

the reason i stopped here is that i passed a westbound BNSF unit coal train and i wanted to wait for it and get some good pics. here is a shot of it that i took while i was driving (safe driver award HA![:D])

and here are a couple of shots of the 3 lead SD70MAC’s and a shot of the 2 pushers on the rear. it must have been going to the Cholla power plant in Joseph City AZ. it is the only one out here that gets powder river coal.

while driving across Arizona, just west of Winslow, i came across this train. it had all these locos and only about 20 intermodal cars. guess they needed the power back east.

and on the way back from all this fun, we stopped at the Flying J truckstop in Kingman, which sits right along the BNSF main, and i got this shot of an eastbound.

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NICE!!! That one from the Flying J has the most poer I have EVER seen on a train! thanks for sharing these!

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and I thought csx had some power moves.nice pics
stay safe
Joe

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Great shots! Here in Conrail-now-NS country there are so many trees and I would never be able to get shots like that! I also have to deal with NS black and white Dash 9’s! I have a friend that likes in California and he see BNSF and UP all the time, lucky him!

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I always enjoy seeing pics, especially when they are from places I have never been.

Keep up the good work.

If you have pics that you don’t put in the forums, you can still email me some of them. I like pics. [;)]

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Great pictures!!! You managed some fantastic shots!

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Dougal[:)]

I like pics. I like pics of trees. I like pics of trains. See Jane. See ***. See *** and Jane. [;)] [8D] [:D]

Hey you are always welcome to email me pics of the things you see in your area. I like receiving pics. So don’t be afraid to email me some. Thanks.

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nightcrawler,

Those are really great shots!!!
We do see lashups like that once in awhile,
but all auto racks or containers. And naturally we
don’t have that great looking scenery. (hmmm. wonder what
would be like to model?)