I got called for a U-train going to Winslow, but there was a traffic jam and our trian was held up So, we got swapped to a stack train. It still took a couple of hours for the train to come in. Then the inbound told us that we had 74 open containers and that we needed to pull down to the east end so security could close them. So we pulled down to the east end. Then the dispatcher said that they wanted to "highball" closing the contianers and get our train moving. The dispatcher asked security how many containers had debris falling out of them.They said about 10. So she told them to close those containers only. Still, that took a while. So we had been on duty for over 4 horus by the time we departed. As we got close to Berry they told us that we would be releived there. We had been on duty for 6 hours and we were only as far as Berry. The van took us the rest of the way to WInslow. We were ehading into a fantastic electrical storm! We saw all kinds of lightining. (I have attached a picture). When I got to the htoel I took a nice hot shower and went down to the grill. "The WIzard of OZ" was on the TV in the gril. I told the bartender, "I've never seen this movie before." She knew I was kidding. I had something to eat, watched TV till about 9 pm, and slept good. I got up at 6n for the free breakfast, and went back to bed. I slept until I got my call. I was being deadheaded to Needles on a Z train. When we got down there we found out that the trian we were deadheaddeing on had work. Then the dispatcher called me and said that he had ordered a van. We were to get in it with another crew and chase a couple of trains. I was hundry, We stopped ina Mavericka nd got a chicken and rice burrito. (Their burritos are really good). I hadn't had anything since breakfast. My engineer and I got on a stack train at Seligman. The other crew got on an H train. We had a pretty good trip. Our day was under 9 hours but it seemed longer. When we got to Needles we were told to tie our train down. I tied 3 handbrakes and that did it. It looks like I will be going to Winslow again in a couple of hours. It is the weekend and a lot of jokers liad off or took their rest cycle. Also, it is the weekend for the "Standing on the Corner Festival" in WInlsow. (Dedicated to the song by the Eagles). A lot of guys don't want to go to Winslow this weekend because supposedly there won't be any hotel rooms and they will have to go to overflow. I will go to Winslow.