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YAY!
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 4:50 PM
Im so happy! I saw my first amtrak train! But, it was weird. It had what was an F40 with baggage car doors and it had a P42 on the back. Is this some kind of cab control car?[:0]
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 4:52 PM
Where was this?
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Posted by CSXrules4eva on Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:15 PM
Cool Beans. You should come over to my area Philadelphia. I see way too many Amtrak power over here. I'm only about 15 mins from the NEC. I see Amtrak so much, that I get sick of seeing it all the time. I see it evey day but, it's better than seeing no train at all. LOL.
LORD HELP US ALL TO BE ORIGINAL AND NOT CRISPY!!! please? Sarah J.M. Warner conductor CSX
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:21 PM
QUOTE: CSXrules4eva
Posted: Today, 17:15:25
Cool Beans. You should come over to my area Philadelphia. I see way too many Amtrak power over here. I'm only about 15 mins from the NEC. I see Amtrak so much, that I get sick of seeing it all the time. I see it evey day but, it's better than seeing no train at all. LOL.


The last time I saw an Amtrak train was in July, the Carolinian not far from the Raleigh station, was moving quite fast though.
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Posted by oskar on Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:57 PM
they would have Amtrak in Augusta,GA no the ns to Columbia but,CSX would not let some people (that I forgot who) not look in there yard.It would have been easier to go to hockey games that way.





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Posted by railman on Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:58 PM
Amtrak is a neat train to see!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:19 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy

Where was this?


macguy judging from Trainmans description it was the Heartland Flyer in Oklahoma or Northern Texas.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/4718519/6707361RDFunsLiTd
photo by sjlevine
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:23 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Heartland Flyer

QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy

Where was this?


macguy judging from Trainmans description it was the Heartland Flyer in Oklahoma or Northern Texas.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/4718519/6707361RDFunsLiTd
photo by sjlevine


it was in norman oklahoma at about 9:30 last night. It was the exact same engine in the link
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Posted by mustanggt on Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:28 PM
I got to go in the cab of the exact same thing, except it was on the downeaster, from portland to boston. they would have let me see the P42 end but there was an engineer in training. also, a few days later, I saw more trains than I've ever seen in my life, all guilford and amtrak[:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 7:49 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainman2244

QUOTE: Originally posted by Heartland Flyer

QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy

Where was this?


macguy judging from Trainmans description it was the Heartland Flyer in Oklahoma or Northern Texas.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/4718519/6707361RDFunsLiTd
photo by sjlevine


it was in norman oklahoma at about 9:30 last night. It was the exact same engine in the link


Thanks for the picture.

Amtrak always runs a locomotive on both sides up here to Vancouver, push-pull service too, I would imagine.

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