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Date: 06/23/16 14:34
Four P42s on 5(22)
Author: GenePoon

California Zephyr 5(22) picked up the two units that took the IDTX Siemens Chargers to Pueblo.  

Now running with AMTK 14, 198, 119, 152. 

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Date: 06/23/16 14:54
Re: Four P42s on 5(22)
Author: andersonb109

So if two crap out they still might have enough to make it to California. I wonder how long it took them to add the locos?

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Date: 06/23/16 15:40
Re: Four P42s on 5(22)
Author: joemvcnj

Imagine the mess there would be if they were still cutting and adding Pioneer and Desert Wind cars.

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Date: 06/23/16 15:50
Re: Four P42s on 5(22)
Author: GenePoon

joemvcnj Wrote:
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> Imagine the mess there would be if they were still
> cutting and adding Pioneer and Desert Wind cars.

Sad part is, with the trackplan that Amtrak agreed would be sufficient for their
needs, it would be impossible.  So Amtrak knows that expansion is never
going to happen.

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Date: 06/23/16 15:53
Re: Four P42s on 5(22)
Author: SN711

The two extra units might help in a pinch if they remembered to refuel them:)

Gary

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Date: 06/23/16 18:42
Re: Four P42s on 5(22)
Author: GenePoon

UPDATE: Those Amtrak units didn't take the Chargers to Pueblo after all.

UP is taking them down on an MNYPU according to reports. For sure, the
Chargers were spotted, still in Denver, this afternoon.
 

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Date: 06/23/16 18:46
Re: Four P42s on 5(22)
Author: JohnM

I was be happy if the desert wind just ran from LA to Las Vegas and back.   I rode the train often, and the CZ schedule made this train to Vegas somewhat inconvenient to many.   Knowing the real world that the frimbo's refuse to accept, that train ain't comin back.  

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Date: 06/23/16 19:08
Re: Four P42s on 5(22)
Author: The_Chief_Way

frimbos?

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Date: 06/24/16 12:21
Re: Four P42s on 5(22)
Author: cabanillas

The_Chief_Way Wrote:
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> frimbos?

http://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/riding-the-rails-with-e-m-frimbo

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