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Nostalgia & History > F59/F40 Lash up on the Coast Starlight Oct. 1997Date: 02/12/07 21:30 F59/F40 Lash up on the Coast Starlight Oct. 1997 Author: drew1946 Heading South out of San Jose (it was still railroad East in 1997)Amtrak Train #11 is led by the unusual combination of one of the then new F59PHI's purchased for California service and one of the older F40's. October 1997.
 Date: 02/12/07 22:12 Re: F59/F40 Lash up on the Coast Starlight Oct. 1997 Author: smitty195 Neat picture.....but it seems funny to see an Amtrak California F59 in the nostalgia section. But I suppose that's where this photo belongs. Has that much time gone by already? Seems like those units should still be new.
Date: 02/12/07 22:45 Re: F59/F40 Lash up on the Coast Starlight Oct. 1997 Author: drew1946 I kinda argue with myself (at least I win one way or the other)over where to post a shot like that. My general thinking is that if it cannot be shot again, in this case due to the presence of the F40, put it in nostalgia & history. It seemed sort of odd to me when I looked at the date stamp on the slide with an F59 and realize those things are already 10 years old or more.
Date: 02/13/07 07:42 Re: F59/F40 Lash up on the Coast Starlight Oct. 1997 Author: Evan_Werkema Would you believe they are twelve going on thirteen? (No, the man already said it's #11...) The 2001-2009 group showed up in late 1994. None of them wear that variation of the AmCal scheme anymore, and the phoney phluting panels are gone as well.
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