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| October 5, 1999 |
| We caught several trains while sitting at Crescent: |
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This is the same empty coal train that we caught at the Rocky Siding. 4 AC's on the front and two on the tail. |
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| The sun was barely high enough for one more picture. |  Click on picture for larger image |
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Next up was a mixed freight with four units led by SP #5397 SD40T-2. |
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| Everything from tankers, covered hoppers, box cars, centerbeams, and one loan well car. |  Click on picture for larger image |
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This train had over a dozen empty centerbeam cars. |
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| Third in the lineup is a BNSF train exercising trackage rights. |  Click on picture for larger image |
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We heard over the scanner that this train was to wait here for an Eastbound Amtrak. The BNSF creeped up to this point and shutdown. At this point we figured we would have quite a wait. |
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| After only a couple of minutes, the train struggled forward again and moved up blocking the crossing and stopped again. Santa Fe Dash 9 #798 leads a BNSF Dash 9 and Santa Fe Dash 8 #907. |
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I just thought this was a neat load. Of course when the train stopped here I finally realized that I should be on the other side to see Amtrak coming through. I saw its wheels. |
| The air hose arrangement on the above car was unusual. |  |
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BN SD40-2 #7258 and BN C30-7 #5086 push. |
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We then heard that a Z train was eastbound towards us, so we waited about 20-30 minutes for it. Unfortunately it was too dark to get any pictures. |
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