OY Rotary Trip - 8, The ninth day

Hi, Having spent the night in Williams, AZ we continued our trip home with a stop on the Crookton Cutoff just north of town. This line, opened for service on December 19, 1960, eliminating many of  the sharp curves and grades of of the old main via Ash Fork. West of Ash Fork to Crookton the old main is abandoned. From Williams Junction to Ash Fork the old main is part of the route to Phoenix.

Soon after we arrived a westbound passed with DPUs (above and below).

Next Amtrak's Southwest Chief showed up (above and below).

Moving on to Crookton we stopped at the Route 66 bridge at Crookton. Here we photographed an eastbound (above and below),

a westbound stack train,

with DPUs,

another eastbound (above and below), and

a second westbound.

About a mile east of Pica we caught this eastbound.

At Pica, the site of a Santa Fe water pumping station, we photographed an eastbound baretable (above and two below) and

a westbound.

Moving west we stopped at Crozier where an eastbound and westbound met (above and below).

Next another train went east with DPUs

followed by a westbound.

Moving a little further west at Valentine we caught an eastbound with DPUs and

a westbound.                                    

The final train for the day was an eastbound in Kingman Canyon.

Thanks for looking.