Western Railroad Discussion > BNSF on the Arizona & California at Rice, CA

This was a case of "being in the right place at the right time" as I caught what I presume is the daily westbound Arizona & California train near Rice, CA with BNSF power? I didn't even know that the line had reopened across the Colorado River at Parker. These were taken on October 15th. I had made a quick stop off the road at Rice when traveling back to Northern AZ after following the 4014 earlier in the day as far as Indio. Saw the headlight as soon as got back on-the-road. There was around a 10mph slow order on the main through the yard at Rice so I was easily able to get ahead of the train for second view(third shot). The train appeared to be built backwards with all of the empty spine cars on the head end and a lengthy train behind. 

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Here's a shot of the train heading off to the west to Cadiz going much slower than the speed limit on lightly used Hwy 62. 
Rice really is in the middle of nowhere. Here are a few photos taken before the train showed up. There is still a wye there. This is where the line to Blythe used to come off, now gone. 

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Here's a couple of extra photos at Rice of where people's old shoes go, on the remnants of an old, long gone gas station. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/07/19 12:46 by GreenFlag.

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Nice shots, and that's very unusual. The spine cars are probably an actual BNSF train returning to LA from Phoenix... maybe they took the opportunity to attach the ARZC train to it as well... 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/07/19 13:47 by exhaustED.

Nice catch!

BB

Looks like a loooooong train. Wonder  how many cars/platforms it was?

SantaFeRuss

Nice shots!

While not a trend yet A&C has been adding crews to handle things like this and the unit grain train. This type
of train is a pain as the crew has to be deadheaded to Castle to pick it up. Nice shots and so far, rare.

Out

All those lite empty spine cars on the headend. Can you say string line?

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