BNSF, Flagstaff, PM on May 3 2011
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Channel: John Horvath · 2011 · Travel & Events
Flagstaff, AZ, has a prissy anti loco horn ordinance. The town I live in, Glendale, has a similar ordinance. Warn folks that you are there by honking if you are a car or truck. But do not tell us of 10,000 tons or more of moving mass bearing down on us. These anti noise laws are far from the days that localities, like Baltimore, MD, required a lot of noise, with a mounted flagman preceeding, to warn people of an approaching train.
I catch five eastbounds over two hours this low 70s sunny afternoon. Three container trains, a trailer train, another container, and a general manifest.
Track 2 is spike and plate on wood ties. Track 1 is concrete tie with pandrel / tension fastening. Flag is the center of the Seligman Sub, MP 344.2. Speed through Flag 40 MPH. Elevation 7200 feet.
