I met my wife in Flagstaff (1961) while attending ASC and was completely oblivious to the Santa Fe RR during the three years there. What a waste of good railroading. Now married 59 years.
I live about 10 mi south of the tracks outside winslow, about 200' higher in elevation and i can see the trains and hear their horns from my back porch. The traffic on i40 looks like ants to me.
Ironically enough, I took a trip out west a few weeks ago…went to some of those places you stopped at, plus a few others…I went to the Flagstaff platform, plus went to Williams, AZ to see the Grand Canyon Railway…
My wife lived in Flagstaff for a short time about a half-mile from the Amtrak station and said that when the bigger trains passed through the area, you could feel the ground and walls shake.
@@RiverLineProductions I have always wanted to visit the USA and especially Arizona - I love the arid desert ☀️🌴😎 One day I will make it 😀🇬🇧 In the meantime, I enjoy videos like this as they are so well filmed I can actually feel like I am right there on the spot 😄👍🏽🎉🎉
So we are staying in Flagg staff this week! About how far do I need to travel to get some video of a crossing they actually blow at? Seems everything in Flaggstaff is a quiet zone
It's a bad turbo on the 3695. If it was a handbrake, alarm bells would be sounding in the lead locomotive cab whenever the reverser is moved from other than the neutral position.
@@slug96 Makes sense. I didn't really think the handbrakes were left on, but it does kinda sound like dragging brakes to me. Probably just the traction motor blower or something.
