Friday, June 13, 2025

Wednesday I was projected to go out around 5 pm. I was getting in my 57 Chevy to take it for a wash when I got a call for a Z train to Winslow. That was a surprise. It was the Z LACWSP, going from Loas Angeles to Willow Springs, Illinois. It was a good trip. We saw some elk and deer along the way. They treated us like a Z train for the whole trip until we got to Winslow-then they held us out for an hour. Finally we came in. I rolled my train by, tied up and called the van. I got to the hotel while the grill was still open. I had a burger and some ginger ale. I slept like a rock until 6 am, went down for the free breafkast, and then went back to bed. I slept like a log until I got my call at 10 am. I was called for the Q NYCLAC, but we got swapped to the S ALTCDZ, going from Alliance, Texas to Cadiz. We would take it to Needles and a Needles crew woud set it out at Cadiz. There, the Calofornia and Arizona Railroad would take it to it's destination. It was a light train- less than 4,000 tons with only two motors on the head end. We waited a couple hours before our train came in. It turned out the Q NYCLAC had work, so we were glad we got swapped. We were on duty 11 hours when we pulled into Needles. I didn't feel good. I stuck around for a half hour to roll my tain by but they didn't leave, so I tied up. I'm not projected to go out for in the next 24 hours.

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