Monday, Nov. 20th, was the official start of "Peak Season". From now till Christmas Eve, supply chain companies will see their highest volume of packages of the year. To tackle this logistical challenge, BNSF and UPS team up to provide high priority service for the holiday packages. Chief Dispatchers, Division Superintendents, and Terminal Trainmasters are carefully monitoring the progress of their precious UPS Z-trains as they traverse the BNSF's system to and from UPS Hubs; willing to delay all other trains to prevent the Z-trains from being late. Here, the 2nd section of the Los Angeles, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z-train races across Hackberry Wash near Hackberry, AZ as it passes an LA Harbor bound stack train. With 57 shipments of UPS cargo in tow, the BNSF 8168 has no issues maintaining track speed of 70 MPH.
Pace and pan shots of trains from on the ground or in the air. If you're not in the locomotive cab or on-board the train, it's the next best thing to being there.
