This train is moving west (actually in a southwesterly direction) toward Kingman and points west, i.e. California.It is the same train shown in the previous uploads and is pulled by four diesel engines. Sometimes additional engines are used in the front, or rear, or in the middle These engines are required to overcome the elevation differences along the route. In Arizona alone, the elevation ranges from less than 1,000-ft crossing the Colorado River into California to over 7,500-ft just west of Flagstaff. When the railroad was completed in 1883 it attracted development along its line and many cities came into being. In Arizona alone Holbrook, Winslow, Flagstaff, Williams, Ashfork, Seligman, and Kingman and many smaller communities. They were supported by the railroad and in turn supported the needs of the rail. U.S. Route 66 U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway and colloquially known as the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System. Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in America, originally ran from Chicago , Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending at Santa Monica, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km) [Wikipedia]. In Arizona many of the cities that developed along the railroad were utilized by Route 66. It was recognized in popular culture by both the hit song 'Get Your Kicks on Route 66' and the 'Route 66' television show in the 1960s. Route 66 served as a major path for those who migrated west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, (The 1939 movie 'The Grapes of Wrath' based on John Steinbeck's novel of the same title, featuring Henry Fonda depicted the blight of these people). Route 66 supported the economies of the communities through which the road passed. Route 66 underwent many improvements and realignments over its lifetime, and it was officially removed from the United States Highway System on June 27, 1985, after it had been replaced in its entirety by the Interstate Highway System. In Arizona there are stretches of Route 66 left that are marked as 'Historic Scenic Byways'. In Arizona the AT&SF (now BNSF) train tracks run side by side with the remnants of the old Route 66, in Holbrook, Winslow, Flagstaff, and Kingman.. This picture was taken from Route 66 on 8 February 2015, Sig....