Passenger Trains > RRT Pax Train in AZ

I caught the Railroad Revival Tour Train at Picacho Jct. and chased it to Coolidge AZ on the Phoenix Sub. The tour website had live gps tracking with made it easy to find this train. They almost made it on time and was about off its published schedule. At Picacho Jct. the train received a UP pilot crew to take it into Phoenix. Instead of going around the wye the power switched ends and pulled the train backwards up the Phoenix Sub. This allowed the train to pointed in the right direction after the concert to head to TX. Once in Phoenix the power ran around the train and was back on the correct end ready to go. This is 1st Amtrak train on the Phoenix sub. in years.

1. The new double track is approaching right on the other side the bridge.

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1 Power cut to run around, Crew readies coupler
2. Picacho Peak
3. Fast Freight.

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1. Picacho 3 way
2. Off on the Phoenix Sub. Cotton field with Picacho to the right.
3.The whole Shebang.

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1. Pacing
2. Entering back into the U.S. across the Gila River Bridge in Coolidge.

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Is this train heading back east on Sunday?

Enroute to Marfa, TX on Sunday.
Enroute to Austin, TX on Monday.
Enroute to New Orleans on Wednesday.

www.railroadrevivaltour.com has our GPS location (providing we have coverage).

Maybe you can tell us what you mean by "entering back into the U.S.". Coolidge is quite a distance from an International border.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/11 12:16 by whistlepig.

That was original US border with Mexico before the Gadsden purchase. Everything south of the Gila River to Yuma.

mococomike Wrote:
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> That was original US border with Mexico before the
> Gadsden purchase. Everything south of the Gila
> River to Yuma.

And the primary reason for the purchase was to permit the SP to build east from Yuma to El Paso and not have to dip into Mexico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_Purchase

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