Hurry up and wait! A hot Z train cools its heels (reportedly for three hours) mere miles from the end of its cross-country run. Mt. Baker undoubtedly has seen this sort of thing before!
GE ES44DC 7697 leads a set of five GE's west bound as it works uphill and into Flagstaff. The elevation here is around 6800 feet and the engines are working hard. It is late in the day and this is... (more)