Western Railroad Discussion > TRANSCON Training - Part 3 - Williams, AZ

After a couple of days in the Kingman area, I relished getting to a higher (and cooler) elevation on the Transcon where the evergreens softened the rocky landcape and scented the air.  So I drove from Kingman through Williams to Flagstaff before returning to Williams for an overnight stay.  The temperature Monday morning, May 13 was a brisk 30 degrees.  Williams is 6,770' above sea level after all.

1.  Eastbound at Williams Jct. which is a couple of miles east of Williams.  Best with morning light.
2.  Grand Canyon passenger excursion returns to Williams in late afternnon
3.  East of Williams Jct. into the early evening sun.



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4.  Over the head of my bed at the Super 8 just east of Williams.  This motel is rail-convenient and inexpensive. 
5&6.  In the cool morning air, I spent a hour trackside just off North Airport Rd. and was blessed by a steady flow of trains.

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7-9.  A long eastbound freight appeared to be two trains tied together by a pair of dpu's.  The head end was intermodal; the rear section was unit ethanol (1987).

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10.  Another of several eastbounds emerging from a rocky cut.  The scent of the pines was my air refresher that morning.
11.  Williams at sunset.
12.  San Francisco Peaks in late afternoon.

Tomorrow (Part 4), the focus is east of Flagstaff as I work the picturesque San Francisco Peaks into a couple of  train pictures..



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Great shots! We actually saw that combination intermodal/ethanol train at Barstow at dusk the day before when we were driving back from railfanning the Needles subdivision, crazy just how slow that thing was moving across the transcon!

-Zach

these intermodal/manifest combined with ethanol mtys have been pretty regular now on the seligman sub............

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In my opinion these are your best yet. I love Williams-have stayed many times at the Railside RV Park.

BB

Hope you made time to eat @ Pine Country Restuarant. Yum, yum.

Great stuff, good route, looks like good weather.
t4p.

z-trains Wrote:
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> Great shots! We actually saw that combination
> intermodal/ethanol train at Barstow at dusk the
> day before when we were driving back from
> railfanning the Needles subdivision, crazy just
> how slow that thing was moving across the
> transcon!
>
> -Zach

It's PSR.  Get used to it.  

number 11 is two cantilever signal bridges from the ATSF welded tohether to for the arch.
Neat use of the bridges.

Steve Panzik 
Chiloquin, Or

Thanks for the pics...

Really nice images in great weather.
That arch needs to be updated with Safetrans!
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