Stacks at Scholle
It's nearly 40 miles of descending 1.25% grade from Mountainair to Belen, NM on the Belen Cutoff. Near the middle of it, the tracks traverse the narrow confines of Abo Canyon to squeeze through the Manzano Mountains.
Here, a short stack train rolls westward at Scholle as it prepares to enter Abo Canyon behind me. Scholle was the end of double-track from the east prior to BNSF opening a second main through the canyon in 2011.
Q LPCLAC6 17A (Quality Intermodal- Logistics Park Chicago [Elwood, IL] to Los Angeles, CA)
BNSF ET44C4 #3802
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #1022
Scholle, NM
May 18th, 2025
Stacks at Scholle
It's nearly 40 miles of descending 1.25% grade from Mountainair to Belen, NM on the Belen Cutoff. Near the middle of it, the tracks traverse the narrow confines of Abo Canyon to squeeze through the Manzano Mountains.
Here, a short stack train rolls westward at Scholle as it prepares to enter Abo Canyon behind me. Scholle was the end of double-track from the east prior to BNSF opening a second main through the canyon in 2011.
Q LPCLAC6 17A (Quality Intermodal- Logistics Park Chicago [Elwood, IL] to Los Angeles, CA)
BNSF ET44C4 #3802
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #1022
Scholle, NM
May 18th, 2025