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Bowtiepower00 · 08-04-2013, 01:16 AM

I live in AZ (PHX metro area), close enough to the tracks to hear the trains faintly, but not close enough to make the house shake, lol... (been there, done that...) Are the Eastbound trains from the west coast far more loaded than the Westbound trains returning to ports on the WC? (It appears that way by the number of locos I see on the EB compared to WB trains...) How do the locos handle the grades and mountain ranges out west? I assume, particularly in winter, that the mountains have to pose some serious issues?? At what percentage of full capacity are the bulk of our mainlines currently operating? Based on my (relatively uneducated) observations, I'd have to say at least 85-95%, I hear and see a large 100+ car train pass my location 3+ times an hour, usually every 15 minutes, all day, everyday...

Thanks for your post, BTW...

08-04-2013, 01:16 AM	#57
Bowtiepower00 Drives: Previous Camaros: 69, 89, 11, 13 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: AZ Posts: 136	I live in AZ (PHX metro area), close enough to the tracks to hear the trains faintly, but not close enough to make the house shake, lol... (been there, done that...) Are the Eastbound trains from the west coast far more loaded than the Westbound trains returning to ports on the WC? (It appears that way by the number of locos I see on the EB compared to WB trains...) How do the locos handle the grades and mountain ranges out west? I assume, particularly in winter, that the mountains have to pose some serious issues?? At what percentage of full capacity are the bulk of our mainlines currently operating? Based on my (relatively uneducated) observations, I'd have to say at least 85-95%, I hear and see a large 100+ car train pass my location 3+ times an hour, usually every 15 minutes, all day, everyday... Thanks for your post, BTW...