I was planning on getting up just before 5 am on Thursday, but my phone rang at 4:41 am. I was called for the Z STOWSP, which goes from Stockton to WIllow Springs, Illinois. On duty time was 6:41 am Pacific Time. I gulped down two cups of coffee and went down to the depot. It took a while for our train to come in. There was a lot of talk at the depot about Charlie Kirk being assasinated.When the Mexican place across the street opened up at 7 am I phoned in an order for a burrito. Our train came in at 10 after 7. I threw my stuff in the cab, went and got my burrito, and got back on my train. My engineer complained about me not getting a burrito for him. (He was only kidding). It was a pretty good trip. We got to Winslow after the grill was open. They still haven't fixed the refrigerator in the kitchen, but I took a chance and ordered the "Bandit Burger." It was okay. I watched some TV and went to bed. I got up in time for the breakfast at 6 am. At 6:30 I was back in my room watching TV. They were just announcing that Charlie Kirk's killer had been caught when I got called for a stack train. I got down to the depot and printed out my paperwork. Our train was being held out at Coronado Junction. Two Z trains were going around it. We got swapped to one of the Z trains- the Z ALTSBD. It had 4 motors on the head end, 77 cards, and our horse power per ton was 2.9. This was a powerful train. We had been on duty for over an hour when we departed. It was a good trip. Just over 7 hours. We saw a fire just north of the tracks at mile post 356.8. I reported it but they already knew about it. Other than that, it was a pretty uneventfull trip. When I got back to Needles and was rolliing my train by there was a couple ther from Germany asking about the "old train station." I told them that the old Amtrak station was next door and they could go over and look at it, but there might be some homeless people there. I told them about my time in Germany, and that I was stationed at a place called "Miesau." They had never heard of it. (It's such a small town that most Germans have never heard of it). I told them it was near Landstuhl. Ramstein and Kaiserslautern. They knew where all of those places were. I also told them a ittle bit about the BNSF. As I was walking back to my car some fat slob asked me if I could spare some money so he could get cigarettes. I didn't give him anyhting. In the 7 years I have worked at Needles nobody has ever asked me for money outside of the depot. Prayers for Charlie Kirk's family, and thank God that his killer is in custody. I have attached a picture of the 3776, our leader on the Z ALTSBD. The 5142 is in the foreground.