Packed Mainlines and Busy Yards

While trying to catch a special train on video I found the mainlines in Amarillo completely clogged with double stacks. I found out that the special train's second motor caught fire north of Amarillo and would be delayed.

After the mainline congestion eased, I found lots of switching activity in both of Amarillo's railyards. In the North Yard I found three pairs of switching locomotives, two of them remote, working the yard.