Western Railroad Discussion > Like shooting fish in a barrel....

Depending on circumstances, the subject line just as easily could be "Feast or Famine". In this case, the current subject line applies....and so does "Feast".

All three pictures were taken within the span of a minute. I am sitting on some rocks that overlook about a mile of Santa Fe's Crookton Cutoff (now BNSF of course) a few miles west of William Junction, AZ. I have two trains approaching from opposite directions; what to do?

I take a shot of the eastbound vehicle train first and immediately pivot while still seated and shoot the westbound stack train. The third shot was pure luck; the head ends met just below my perch. Like I said, "Like shooting fish in a barrel". On the other hand, recently I was at the same location and never saw a train for 3 hours! That is "Famine".

JCL

Great series, love the angle in #2. Thanks for sharing,

~Ryan

Super_C,

These are great shots! Thanks for sharing them, but watch out for the snakes when you are out along the Crookton line change... Thanks again!

ShastaDaylight

Looks like a great place to sit and watch trains. Great shots, thanks for posting.

Great images!

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ShastaDaylight Wrote:
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> Super_C,
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> These are great shots! Thanks for sharing them,
> but watch out for the snakes when you are out
> along the Crookton line change... Thanks again!
>
> ShastaDaylight


You know them snakes, they really appreciate watching the trains "snake" through the scene!

Rob
Great luck there!

Super Ceries John! You chose your location very nicely. I'd love to get out there again sometime.

John, I'll never forget your jumping jack routine signaling to Dave and me that a train was coming into North Guam back in 1995. Priceless!

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James Belmont
Salt Lake City, UT

Very NICE shots! I've always enjoyed that area of Arizona.

Larry

GREAT pics!!! Thanks for posting.

Fantastic! I also see that you lucked out with the Sun, shadows from the clouds right in the background:}

John,

Excellent shots and meet timing at my favorite spot to shoot on the Crookton Cutoff - "Coxcomb Hill". In shot number 1, you are looking down at the East Perrin Crossover, M.P. 383.1; the eighth auto-rack is passing the Main Two absolute signal.

Here is a map of Coxcomb Hill with route annotations, and a shot from Santa Fe days.

Bob

ATSF100WEST......Out

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All that climbing is good for you, John. Not practicing dying like many senior citizens

ATSF100WEST Wrote:
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> John,
>
> Excellent shots and meet timing at my favorite
> spot to shoot on the Crookton Cutoff - "Coxcomb
> Hill". In shot number 1, you are looking down at
> the East Perrin Crossover, M.P. 383.1; the eighth
> auto-rack is passing the Main Two absolute
> signal.
>
> Here is a map of Coxcomb Hill with route
> annotations, and a shot from Santa Fe days.
>
> Bob
>
> ATSF100WEST......Out

Right on, Bob! Thanks for the map and your shot.

This is a post about the same location taken a week earlier: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2971651,2971651#2971651

JCL



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/14 16:10 by Super_C.

Wow, Awesome spot, lots of angles to work with there!

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Now those are some amazing pics! Brings back great memories of a trip in 1995 that resulted in a cracked oil pan on the rent a car from "hopping rocks" on the maintainance road!

Awesome shots! #2 should be framed and hanging on your wall, I love that one especially. Thanks for sharing!


Jay

Well done!

Just more examples of why trains look great out west!

Cheers, Jim Fitch

(love them wide open spaces - easy on the eyes!)

Well done!