Local Freight, Phoenix, AZ, Feb 20, 2009
2,522 views · Published 2 March 2009 · 2:36 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: John Horvath · 2009 · Science & Technology
Driving down Grand Avenue, I see a local freight train. I have my camera in the car. I stop and do a shoot. Driving south, I pass the train. I stop at McDowell Rd & Grand Ave and take a last series of shoots as the consist enters the freight yard at the end of the line. Engine 2229 is a GP38. It is a medium road switcher. This machine is equipped with a 2000 hp diesel and DC motors. It was built for the ATSF between 1/1966 & 12/1971. Caboose is model CE11, the last run of cabooses for the ATSF RR. Number ATSF999813 sports contemporary paint schemes by aspiring urban artists. BNSF is keeping its remaining cabooses. The railroad finds them valuable on local runs, like this one, and on work trains.
