Weekly TrackSide Fun

[ac4400fan]

Hi Guys

This weekend i was with family in town.we went to sadona A.Z
I herd of a rail track up there that started in the 1860's. i went to check it out ,i found the tracks ,that were talking about,funny ,there still running a old F7 there,but didnt get the photos,cause it left (next time) ! but i got these stots up there ,real interesting.



A SD-35 .


Looking west down the track.



And a great storm approtch,and a car i cant describe.



Abanndon tracks......



And a old generator ,And a steam loco wheel next to it?

have a great week!

carl.....[:)]

[steveblackledge]

Hi there Carl
That look's a great place to have a look around, wish i was closer to AZ myself, your right about that storm in the background, wouldn't like to be under that cloud[|(] you will have to get a closer picture of that car on the ground[:D]

[tstage]

Carl,

Thanks for the pics! I like the one of the abandon track and switch stand. (I bet there are a lot of lost stories in and around those tracks.)

Sedona is a neat place to visit. My wife and I drove through there and up the canyon in June '94. (They had their garlic festival going on at the time.) The next time you are there, you should take the Grand Canyon RR trip to the rim. I've been to the Grand Canyon a couple of times. But to get there via a steamer would be a lot of fun. [:)]

Tom

[ereimer]

Carl , thanks for the photos !

it's been years since i was in arizona but i liked it so much that i'm modeling the Santa Fe , Prescott and Phoenix Railway , specifically the area around Prescott and up into the mountains to the mines at Crown King

[twhite]

Carl--that's some really interesting-looking country. And what a GREAT storm photo--I remember outracing several of those whoppers coming through northern Arizona some years back! Dumb question, but where exactly is Sedona? Is it near Phoenix, or farther north? Neat photos!!
Tom [^][:D]

[tstage]

Tom,

Sedona is about 2-3 hours north of Phoenix, between Pheonix and Flagstaff - almost smack-dab in the middle of the state. (See map link below)

http://www.carizona.com/arizonamap.html

Beautiful part of the country. The drive up through Walnut Canyon is outstanding. Kinda like Santa Fe, NM, Sedona is a real artisan hangout.

Tom

[Anonymous]

I can't remember the name of the railroad but they also offer a tourist train ride pulled by the F units. As I recall they also run some GP7's or 9's for their freight use. I believe they were once part of the SantaFe and now interchange with the BNSF.
Mark
http://www.webusers.warwick.net/~u1015590/

[METRO]

Interesting, a line running all first-generation equipment, nice. Do the folks in the Classic Trains forum know about this?

~METRO

[ac4400fan]

Think i might have to post this there also?