History:
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Casa Grande, Spanish for "Big House", is an agricultural and railroad village in Southern Arizona. It is also home to several industries served by the Casa Grande Switcher Local, which in turn receives cars from the Casa Grande Turn, which is based out of Tucson.
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While the historic Southern Pacific station is still standing at 201 W Main St, it is no longer used by Amtrak.
Amtrak 1, the Sunset Limited, thunders through Casa Grande being doubleheaded by AMD-110/Genesis P42DCs 171 and 74. The P42 Genesis is commonly called the Dash 9-42BP or B42-9PH while the P40 Genesis or AMD-103 is commonly called the Dash 8-40BP or B40-8PH.
UP GP60 1053, a former Southern Pacific unit sill wearing its original SP Colors, idles in Tucson Yard. 1053 was formerly numbered 2058 and before the Espee was acquired by UP, 9759.
UP GP60s 1120, 1053, and 1051 switch freight cars in Casa Grande Yard.
A three train meet as the Casa Grande Switcher awaits permission to enter the mainline.
The Casa Grande Switcher (LKL63) leaves Casa Grande to perform additional switching elsewhere enroute to Eloy.