Amtrak No. 22 has just departed DUPT, and is passing in front of the Dallas skyline at Reunion. Not long from now, the train will pass through the forests of east Texas.
There's nobody in the cab. BNSF remote-control SD40-2 No. 6926 pulls a long string of cars out the east end of the yard. The RCO is way back in the yard using a belt back to control the locomotive... (more)