Yeah, walked back to check out the rear window view of the last car Tuesday morning, and I have to agree that the rear (last) car was an aromatic enclosure. Notice also that after Kansas City when a number of your boys had transferred off the train that your car was not as pungent!
We passed through the Raton Pass proper in the dark, and given the overcast skies, there was nothing to see :(
Way too dark (it was a dark and gloomy night.....). We picked up a large group of scouts coming out of the Piedmont BSA camp. They were tired and wet, having to wait at the small...
So in heading to Raton, we again headed into rain and thunder showers. This limited visibility and the train slowed down a bit to make the climb through the mountains south of Raton. Due to scheduling we stopped one city south of Raton to all a freight train to pass us by and clear the route...
And the rain caught up with us again!
This is an adventure!
You definitely shouldn't do this if you are in a rush or on a schedule. Fortunately, I have neither, so I am good.
One of our passengers is in distress, so they have stopped the train,paramedics have arrived and are removing the passenger!
We have a large contingent of Boy Scouts on board, heading for a camp. Maybe we need to send out a rescue party!
So pulling into Albuquerque only 2 1/2 hours late.
This will be interesting for many of my fellow passengers, and my connection, which required a 2 hour window to avoid missing.
New Mexico is beautiful . Lots of interesting rock formations, along with pretty thunder shower cloud heads.
SWC had engine trouble, so after building up a delay of an hour, they stopped us at Gallup, NM due to locomotive problems. Told us there would be an hour to two hour delay.
Everyone could get off and stretch legs, but not go anywhere, and they kept us pinned and locked into the landing area...
Ok, not much padding in the seats for coach, need something for lumbar support, either a small pillow or the rolls of tomorrow's laundry for the small of your back. Maybe even one of those traveler donuts to sit on.
The foot rest is nice and in general there is lots of leg room.
So got to lax early, jumped onto an earlier connection out of Anaheim. Good thing since the train I was suppose to take would have been 10 minutes late and missed the SWC.
Got to explore LAX union scion though. Beautiful, but no AC.
They do have Starbucks and subway and a small convenience...