Re: Off Topic: Railfanning in the SouthWest

philip.marshall Wrote:
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> I don't have much factual information to con-
> tribute to this conversation, but I'd like to offer
> a subjective impression.  I visited Flagstaff
> briefly about 10 years ago and was blown
> away by the frequency of traffic on the former
> AT&SF there. There was literally a doublestack
> every 15 minutes, day and night -- truly amazing.


That sounds about right for ten years ago, Philp -

But traffic fell noticeably between my first trip to the C&TS in mid June, 2008 and second trip in September due to the Bush recession.  IIRC the time between trains was 30 to 40 minutes when I returned west along the BNSF in early October '08 and remained fairly low for three or four years.  Traffic had picked up quite a bit by October last year, but still seemed below what it was ten years ago.

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