Hurricane UP Z train at Cowtown

UP 7792 flies eastbound out of Maricopa with a hot intermodal. Assuming it meets braking reqs, the train is probably doing between 70 and 75 mph here. Apologies to duramax6600 for the title =).

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• pacific
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• arizona
• gevo
• intermodal
• freight
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• subdivision

[duramax6600]

I'm not the one who started it, but I do use the Hurricane Z-train title quite often. Damn, looks like it does here with a huge dust storm. Don't worry about the title, because it fits. Those trains do kick up a lotta wind, too.

[wn676]

Yeah, it was kind of like the perfect storm (haha) the way everything came together here. With all the sustained wind plus the wind from the train, I felt like I was getting knocked over.

[AmtrakSilverStar]

WOW! He's def not doing 75! Hes doing more like 90!!!! Thumbs Up for this EPIC Speeding Z train!!

[oneplusoneequalstfu]

hm..1:43 of fail? not worth even watching.

[Chaos6226]

Man I know exactly where you mean when you say cowtown. Let me ask you, why is the smell so much worse at night than during the day? I drove through there twice today and didn't smell a thing. Came back through twice more at night and seriously couldn't breathe it was so terrible!!!!

[ggspin12]

NICE!!!!!!!

[duramax6600]

Right now the winds are gusting almost to 50 mph the last time I checked. Yesterday, was no exception when I went to catch UP 1996 in Stockton. In some cases, this wind gusts were so strong that I had to hold on to the tripod with both hands.

[UPTurner]

Awesome Video!!