Western Railroad Discussion > Monster westbound BNSF Stacks thru Flagstaff, AZ at 0946 local

4x3x2...couldn't get lead unit number off the webcam...took 8 minutes to pass camera...heads up Lads and Lassies...Street crossing on San Francisco St. blocked for 10 min. account an eastbound Auto train rolled thru just before Mega-Stacks...Stevie

ah, thanks for the heads up.  i'll try and get it on video around hackberry.  

could anybody give me an eta into valentine on the seligman sub?

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Watched a similar stacker (WB) through LaPlata night before last.Very impressive.
Regards,DK

It's making it's way up the hard pull at Yampai, so within the hour maybe. 8565 is your target; it's a monster alright at almost 21k tons. 

I noticed very few single stacks...Stevie

it was configured 4x137x3x135x2 with ALL double stacked wells.......

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Hookdragkick Wrote:
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> It's making it's way up the hard pull at Yampai,
> so within the hour maybe. 8565 is your target;
> it's a monster alright at almost 21k tons. 

SD70ACe leader... an extra treat!

here ya go, the w/b 4x3x2 stacks meeting e/b 4x2 stacks just e/of kingman az on the bnsf's seligman sub.  thanks for the "heads up" expediter........

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Great Catch!

SouthWest RailCams
CA, NM, CO, TX, AZ
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Almost as good as being there, thanks.

Mark
Austin TX

Thanks for the coverage. Sounds like it was coming down off Walapai. If so, seeing it come around Anteres Curve the down the hill would of been nice, being it so long. What happened to Valentine?

i didn't want to take a chance the sun angle at hackberry road.  as it was, the sun was barely with me between walapai and berry.

the issue with getting a video of these monsters is making sure they are at track speed so the video is under 6 minutes.....

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/14/18 17:07 by goneon66.

goneon66 Wrote:
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> i didn't want to take a chance the sun angle at
> hackberry road.  as it was, the sun was barely
> with me between walapai and berry.
>
> the issue with getting a video of these monsters
> is making sure they are at track speed so the
> video is under 6 minutes.....
>
> 66

Again that was a nice video!  Now I know where Walapai and Berry is by your coverage.  Planning on being in that area next month.

SouthWest RailCams
CA, NM, CO, TX, AZ
https://SouthWestRailCams.com

Ah, time sensitive! Makes sense. 

Two single stacks just behind mid train DPU's. Good to see this monster running at track speed.

SuperChiefDon

Saw this monster on my way home from work, in Riverside CA.

Repeated today past Flagstaff at 08:24 local time. This was also westbound, 4 engines up font, 142 wells, 3 mid-train, 132 wells, 2 rear. My count could be slightly off. Everything was double stacked except towards the rear where there were a bunch of wells with two 20' containers. The train really started slowing down as it passed the camera. And, an eastbound appeared right as the gates were about to go up (but it was short.)

Do engineers get paid extra for handling such a long train?

dhgresham Wrote:
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> Do engineers get paid extra for handling such a
> long train?

We should! But nope...