Texan Eagle
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A bunch of us rail fans are heading to Barstow for some train spotting photography over the weekend and wanted to check from this group a couple of things-
1) East of Barstow, the BNSF Transcon runs parallel to I-15 while the UP line runs parallel to I-40. If we had to pick one of the two to go to a few miles out of town for photographing from trackside, which one should we prefer considering overall amount of freight traffic, or any other reason?
2) Does the Southwest Chief do 90mph just east of Barstow? If so, how far east should we drive out to camp at a suitable spot where we can get to see the Chief run past at 90mph in the dark of the night?
1) East of Barstow, the BNSF Transcon runs parallel to I-15 while the UP line runs parallel to I-40. If we had to pick one of the two to go to a few miles out of town for photographing from trackside, which one should we prefer considering overall amount of freight traffic, or any other reason?
2) Does the Southwest Chief do 90mph just east of Barstow? If so, how far east should we drive out to camp at a suitable spot where we can get to see the Chief run past at 90mph in the dark of the night?