Passenger Trains > Cal Zephyr Feather River re-routes

AMTRAK train 5(28), the westbound California Zephyr, will detour on 30JUL from Winnemucca, NV (WNN) to Roseville, CA (RSV) via the UP Winnemucca, Canyon and Sacramento Subs . Likewise, train 6(30), the eastbound California Zephyr, will detour from RSV to WNN on 30JUL.

Will the train traverse the Keddie Wye? I'm not to familiar with that route..

Tony

zuco74 Wrote:
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> Will the train traverse the Keddie Wye? I'm not to
> familiar with that route..

YES

YES as long as this plan holds July 30 will see Trains 5 and 6 run
SAC (Haggin) ON to Detour Via Marysville--Oroville--Keddie--Portola--Dayle--Flanigan--Winnemucca--Weso to END detour.
YES Keddie Wye WILL be right in the middle of this detour route.

If we area really DREAMING It would still be very interesting if these trains also detoured on the old WP
via Altamont Pass to make this event truly a complete redo of the REAL WP route.
In order to be truly WILD these 2 trains could also detour via the UP Wyoming Mainline thru Laramie WY
This certainly is THE YEAR for RARE--RARE Amtrak detours!!--WOW!!
--- Daniel

daniel3197 Wrote:
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> YES as long as this plan holds July 30 will see
> Trains 5 and 6 run
> SAC (Haggin) ON to Detour Via
> Marysville--Oroville--Keddie--Portola--Dayle--Flan
> igan--Winnemucca--Weso to END detour.
> YES Keddie Wye WILL be right in the middle of this
> detour route.
>
> If we area really DREAMING It would still be very
> interesting if these trains also detoured on the
> old WP
> via Altamont Pass to make this event truly a
> complete redo of the REAL WP route.
> In order to be truly WILD these 2 trains could
> also detour via the UP Wyoming Mainline thru
> Laramie WY
> This certainly is THE YEAR for RARE--RARE Amtrak
> detours!!--WOW!!
> --- Daniel

While I understand your point about THESE TWO TRAINS detouring through Wyoming, it's important to emphasize that in the ordinary scope of things it hardly qualifies as "rare" mileage anymore. Unusual, yes, rare no.

A detour via Tennessee Pass -- now THAT would be RARE mileage!!!!<G>

lowwater

According to Amtrak, #6 e/b on the 30th is completely sold out.

W/B #5 on the 30th is still showing space available

bythabay Wrote:
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> W/B #5 on the 30th is still showing space
> available

Coach is only about half full. Sleepers are taken, with the exception of one handicapped room. (I got the last roomette in the Trans/Dorm for #5 on the 30th, WNN-EMY).

Hope you get plently of good pictures Smitty

Me too! :)

yeah photos of your stay in beautiful downtown Winnemucca!

Why is this happening?

Regards, Jim Evans

Track work at Shed 10 on Donner Summit.

silagi Wrote:
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> yeah photos of your stay in beautiful downtown
> Winnemucca!

I wonder if the ticket counter will be open at WNN? Or if there is Red Cap assistance? WiFi service maybe? The station is palatial and gorgeous:

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At least it wont be snowing.

What a fixup to that station since I last saw it!

too bad MP 15 to MP 23 is out of service on the oakland sub, they could start and end at melrose to really make it interesting.

Hmmnn . . I'd be heading for Donner . . and avoiding Eagle Lakes exit. 'Dogh

Whats wrong with the Eagle Lakes road?

I will probably be up in the FR Canyon that day---at least it is something that isn't hepatitis yellow.

Ok, I'm looking at Mike Walker atlas maps..

Are the trains going to run on the ex-WP across Nevada then to/from Portola, and will they have to pull in/push in/back out of the Winnemucca train platform to reach the connection to the two train lines (ex-WP and ex-SP) at Wesco? Or are the trains now going to stop at an old train station stop on the ex-WP in Winnemucca?

How come the trains can't make the turn at Reno Junction and head down to/up from Reno that way? (Is this called the "Reno branch"?)