[quote=SK in CV]
No, in the middle of f’ing nowhere. Which is pretty much the entire distance between Winslow, AZ and Oklahoma City.[/quote]
You mean Interstate 40 vs old US-40? US-40 is north of I-40 – both run east/west.
Any town – even a little pip-squeak, ghost of a town can cause the rail to have to drop speed. Realize that if the train is going 80 in the same direction as you, you will probably not pass it and it will not pass you (if you are near 80 too). If in the opposite direction, it will be more of a blur, and passing a 2.6 mile long train would take less than 1 minute. Here is the info on passenger trains, note they try to run near max and the higher speeds to bias the results of the average.
