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I really appreciate your input about where a good place to go if you wanna see alot of trains go by, plus I do hear that the BNSF (Santa Fe) line from LA to Chicago is quite a heavily travelled railroad, I would love to visit anywhere from Barstow to the Needles Sub to watch the trains go by, I've seen photos of those areas and they sure have a ton of trains go by there, I also understand that it can be really hot going in those areas from late spring to the early fall season. quote]Originally posted by teamdon The poor guy only wanted to know where a LOT of long freights trains run ...In typical "Foamer Fashion",Mr. Hemphill convoluted things way beyond what was required...UPRR6737, Don't apologise to these guys...Good Grief...I am a conductor on the BNSF Transcon out of Needles,California,running both to Barstow,Cal. to the west and to Winslow,Ariz. to the east...We get about 100 trains a day through here,most above 7,000 feet long,many going west with helpers or distrubuted power on the rear,or BOTH ...GRAIN trains usually have 4 head -end units, 3 mid train units & 2 or 3 on the rear...9 to 10 DASH-9,s totally .. This is BIG TIME railroading on the Needles Sub. Many stack trains (intermodal) have helpers,some trains exceed 8,000 feet long.... By the way,we go 70MPH with these monsters across the desert....IT MAKES EASTERN RAILROADING LOOK LAME, HUH....Hope this helps... [/quote]
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