On my October 2006 trip, I was just west of the Continental Divide on the dirt road that heads north from Interstate 40 at Coolidge. The road has since been paved.

An eastbound manifest has just passed North Guam and will soon crest the summit at 7,248 feet above sea level. This location is better a little later in the afternoon.

About an hour later, an empty coal train from the Cholla power plant at Joseph City, AZ heads east at the same location. This train will hang a left at Baca and go up the branch line to load at the Lee Ranch mine.

Immediately after the Joe City coal train has passed, a westbound manifest, the HKCKBAR goes by.

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