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Nostalgia & History > Some Amtrak in the "eighties"Date: 03/29/08 13:51 Some Amtrak in the "eighties" Author: bakersfielddave first shot Chicago actually we we backing in i wanted to get the tower framed in the vestibule door
i think i was on the Broadway Limited the date was July 13 1987 i wonder if anyone knows the Conductor/brakeman here ..remember this was 21 years ago?  Date: 03/29/08 13:59 Re: Some Amtrak in the "eighties" Author: bakersfielddave a week later i was back in California
the morning of July 19 1987 i drove up to Cajon and around 7am Amtrak came west with ATSF 5188 assisting near Blue Cut i like this slide as it is a good example of the coach equipment in use at that time    Date: 03/29/08 14:01 Re: Some Amtrak in the "eighties" Author: bakersfielddave Bakersfield 1988 November 12th train #709
 Date: 03/29/08 14:04 Re: Some Amtrak in the "eighties" Author: bakersfielddave coming down Cajon pass date July 6 1989 on the Limited
 Date: 03/29/08 16:31 Re: Some Amtrak in the "eighties" Author: ats90mph Strange it would need Santa Fe's help with 3 F40's. Unless 2 of them went dead.
Date: 03/30/08 10:02 Re: Some Amtrak in the "eighties" Author: AmHog The conductor is Johnny Adams. An old Pennsy guy. He worked from Ft Wayne Indiana to Chicago and Ft Wayne to Pittsburgh. Retired back in the mid nineties. Not sure if he is still with us. An interesting thing about Johnny was that he never went to the hotel in Chicago. He just hung around CUS and BS's with the station personnel.
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