A South Seattle to Chicago Z9 begins the climb out of the Columbia River gorge at Trinidad, WA. The train is 2X2 and will have no problem on the 1% grade that crests at Quincy, WA. Ahead is the Tr... (more)
The steepest part of the descent is behind them, but this eastbound autorack train still has a few more miles to go before it safely arrives in Helena on the east side of Mullan Pass.
A hot westbound Z passes over the Frost flyover with a GECX demo second out.
As the DPUs of a westbound stack train glide down Cajon Pass, an auto train charges up the two percent grade on its way to Summit.
Peach Blossoms
BNSF 6736, BNSF 6741, BNSF 7067, RLCX 8510, pull todays Hot Shot Z-SSECHC through rual western Wisconsin.
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