A ballast train has been tied down on the former Modoc mainline at Flanigan, as lingering debris clouds from the day's thunderstorms roll east toward the Smoke Creek desert.
Racing east through the frozen sagebrush, a KOAMN enters the short canyon east of Golconda. On the left, one can barely make out Amtrak #5 charging west into Golconda on the former SP main. Below ... (more)