MP380
I unintentionally spent most of the second of my three afternoons on the Seligman Sub around milepost 380, just west of Williams, AZ.
After maintaining good location discipline on the trip to that point, I had fallen into a bit of a trap. All of my pretrip research had indicated that the most convenient entrance to the Crookton Cutoff was gated off, and therefore I hadn't spent any time planning shots on that part of the line. After shooting an eastbound at Williams Jct, the line had gone eerily quiet, and I recognized that this was one of the daily lulls in traffic. Somewhere out there, a MOW gang must have eked out a an hour to 90 minutes of track and time from the DS, and the ripple effect of that was now being felt in my area. I decided to scout north of town, along the ROW of the Grand Canyon Railway, in preparation for the southbound return of that train in a few hours. Driving up Airport Road, I passed under the BNSF mainline, and saw the infamous gate to the access roads of the Crookton Cutoff ...in the open position. Curiosity got the better of me, and I ventured west down the access road until I arrived at the double S curves and cutting at MP380.
I didn't realize at the time how close I was to the angle rich area at East Perrin, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered at MP380. In my blissful ignorance though, I was content with this westbound in cloud filtered light, with some snow covered hills behind.
MP380
I unintentionally spent most of the second of my three afternoons on the Seligman Sub around milepost 380, just west of Williams, AZ.
After maintaining good location discipline on the trip to that point, I had fallen into a bit of a trap. All of my pretrip research had indicated that the most convenient entrance to the Crookton Cutoff was gated off, and therefore I hadn't spent any time planning shots on that part of the line. After shooting an eastbound at Williams Jct, the line had gone eerily quiet, and I recognized that this was one of the daily lulls in traffic. Somewhere out there, a MOW gang must have eked out a an hour to 90 minutes of track and time from the DS, and the ripple effect of that was now being felt in my area. I decided to scout north of town, along the ROW of the Grand Canyon Railway, in preparation for the southbound return of that train in a few hours. Driving up Airport Road, I passed under the BNSF mainline, and saw the infamous gate to the access roads of the Crookton Cutoff ...in the open position. Curiosity got the better of me, and I ventured west down the access road until I arrived at the double S curves and cutting at MP380.
I didn't realize at the time how close I was to the angle rich area at East Perrin, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered at MP380. In my blissful ignorance though, I was content with this westbound in cloud filtered light, with some snow covered hills behind.