First Light on the Gila Sub
809 views · Published 30 January 2009 · 4:33 · Indexed 3 October 2026
Channel: wn676 · 2009 · Autos & Vehicles
A short video of two trains in the early morning light at Estrella, AZ. The first shot was something new I wanted to try, which didn't work out to well with my cam trying to re-focus the whole time. As you can see, work on the double-tracking is progressing nicely. The second main is down and ballasted between Estrella and Enid, and the old searchlights have been replaced by modern color light signals on that stretch as well. High-speed crossovers are also being installed roughly where the old siding switches used to be, and it looks like they'll have a crossover set-up similar to the BNSF on the Crookton Cutoff (I like to call them crossover islands, if you've seen the track schematic hopefully you'll kinda get what I'm saying).
