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Arizona Trains:
The BNSF Transcon & The Grand Canyon Railway (1 of 2)
by Lewis Bogaty
Added 10/2009; Copyright © 2009 Lewis Bogaty
Who says BNSF isn't the friendliest railroad?
Above: The way it looked on San Francisco
Street in Flagstaff. (The photo is NOT digitally altered.)
In August 2009, we followed the BNSF Transcon from the Painted Desert to Flagstaff, and stopped off at the Grand Canyon for a look at the Grand Canyon Railway (and a passing glance at the big ditch, of course). Here are some photos.
In The Painted Desert
Above: A string of beads in the distance, an
eastbound flickers through the 112 degree heat.
3 Below: Westbound on the Transcon through the Painted Desert in
the late afternoon.
Above: North of the Petrified Forest, an east-
and westbound meet.
From Holbrook to Winslow
Above: Taken through the windshield of a moving
car and badly backlit,
but still an interesting set of engines.
Above: The historic La Posada Railroad Hotel in
Winslow.
Above: A westbound stack train, standing on a
corner in Winslow Arizona,
getting its kicks on Route 66. All as a storm is brewing.