Just after sunset on another smoky day in the Western US, BNSF Railway train H-BARWAT1-12 (High Priority Merchandise, Barstow to Watson) is about to get overtaken by a higher priority westbound (the S-LPKSCO1-09, Intermodal Stacks, Logistics Park Kansas City KS to Long Beach CA). The BARWAT, with BNSF ES44DC 7773, ET44C4 3721 and BNSF 7729 for power (with BNSF ET44C4 3752 and 3745 on the rear) has been sitting at Basta, about a mile west of the Fullerton Amtrak station, for well over an hour at this point, having met or been overtaken by at least six BNSF, Amtrak and Metrolink trains. The S-LPKSCO has BNSF ES44AC 6041, ES44DC 7013, ES44AC 6171 and ES44C4 7114 on its headend. (Fullerton, California – September 12, 2020)
