I went to the office this afternoon (Porter, In...right adjacent to NS mainline). There are benefits to this job which go beyond the normal.
NS mainline seems to be a mess, but that is not the purpose of this thread.
As I left at 330pm, Amtrak 49 was heading into Chicago. It was due in at 917am.
Behind that was Amtrak engine 97 and 151 with private cars. It recrewed at CP482 and headed west with 16 private cars:
Northern Sky Charter - Northern Dream
Northern Sky Charter - Domeliner- Northern Sky Dome
Frisco - Cimarron River
Iowa Pacific - SLRG -1 - Caratas
Pullman - Pacific Sunset
Boston & Maine - Salisbury Beach
Pullman - Pacific Sands
unmarked - Tioga Pass
Santa Fe - Vista Canyon
Pullman - Federal
L&N - Olive Hazard Pay
Northern Pacific - Domeliner - The Observatory
The Chessie - Domeliner - Moonlight Dome
SP - Burch Grove
unmarked - Domeliner Puget Sound
unmarked - Domeliner Sierra Hotel (with rear platform)
16 cars of which 5 were Domeliners to take in the breathtaking Northern Indiana Industrial Complex. What a great way to travel in 2014. What a great way to cap off a work week for me.
Anyone know what this train was all about?Ed
http://www.pressherald.com/2014/09/22/yachts-on-rails-cruise-into-maine/
Good catch!!
The train was the return leg of the AAPRCO Pine Tree Limited returning from the group's convention in Portland, Maine. Eastbound the train consisted of 26 cars and 3 locomotives. 10 cars were separated in Boston to be attached to trains at South Station.
If this train was not 3 to 6 hours late from the time they had been promised, I want to know why.
It seems everybody else on these rails is late (by far).
NKP guy If this train was not 3 to 6 hours late from the time they had been promised, I want to know why. It seems everybody else on these rails is late (by far).
Maybe because Amtrak is being paid a pretty penny to run this train and is actually turning a profit.
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