Eagle Nest
Eagle Nest, Arizona was the 'station too far' for me, on my first visit to the area last winter. I had naively attempted to navigate the BNSF access road from near Williams, through to Crookton in one day. After almost rolling my rental on a cinder access road near East Eagle Nest, I had given up and left with no photos at the classic location to show for my efforts.
This year I returned with better situational awareness of the geography, roads, and photo angles, in additional to a rental vehicle better suited to the terrain.
One of two empty unit tank trains at the back of 'the morning fleet' east out of Needles speeds through Eagle Nest, on one of the massive fills that characterize the Crookton Cutoff. High sun position, and the flat black tank cars detract from this image somewhat, but I was pleased nonetheless to finally have an Eagle Nest shot in my album.
Eagle Nest
Eagle Nest, Arizona was the 'station too far' for me, on my first visit to the area last winter. I had naively attempted to navigate the BNSF access road from near Williams, through to Crookton in one day. After almost rolling my rental on a cinder access road near East Eagle Nest, I had given up and left with no photos at the classic location to show for my efforts.
This year I returned with better situational awareness of the geography, roads, and photo angles, in additional to a rental vehicle better suited to the terrain.
One of two empty unit tank trains at the back of 'the morning fleet' east out of Needles speeds through Eagle Nest, on one of the massive fills that characterize the Crookton Cutoff. High sun position, and the flat black tank cars detract from this image somewhat, but I was pleased nonetheless to finally have an Eagle Nest shot in my album.