BNSF Railway train Z-STOWSP8-06A, a Stockton CA to Willow Springs IL Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train rolls through a sag about 16 miles east of Flagstaff. The whole mile-long (or more) train can be seen as it passes through East Darling, with BNSF ES44C4 8382, ET44C4 3863 and Dash 9-44CW 5474 on the headend, and another Dash 9-44CW, 4989, as the rear Distributed Power Unit. The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe renamed their station here from Winona to Darling, after William B. Darling, a local railroad engineer, on December 6, 1959. 9,301 ft (2,835 m) Mount Elden looms in the distance; its summit covered with antennas. Mount Elden, in the Coconino National Forest, is one of five large peripheral silicic volcanic features within the greater San Francisco Peaks volcanic system, towering over Flagstaff. (Winona, Arizona – November 7, 2022)
