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Nostalgia & History > A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75Date: 12/03/16 07:19 A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75 Author: gcm Chasing the westbound Sunset out of the station, I got one shot on the Huey P Long bridge.
Luckily I don't take pictures like this while driving anymore (especially on narrow 30's built roads). Anyway the Sunset was interesting - an SP business car on the rear and what looks like a couple of slumbercoaches - maybe ex-NYC Harbor series cars ? An SP diner (not totally painted to Amtrak yet) is being used.  Date: 12/03/16 08:00 Re: A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75 Author: 41 That car ahead of the SP business car looks to be a former GN duplex sleeper.
Date: 12/03/16 09:42 Re: A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75 Author: The_Chief_Way Agreed; the two cars ahead of the business car are former GN cars with duplex roomettes.
Date: 12/03/16 14:04 Re: A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75 Author: gcm Thanks for the corrected info.
Gary Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/16 14:47 by gcm. Date: 12/03/16 14:05 Re: A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75 Author: 3rdswitch That's a nice catch. Bridge has been widened since shot but wow, was it narrow back then.
JB Date: 12/03/16 14:07 Re: A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75 Author: bnsfbob The_Chief_Way Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Agreed; the two cars ahead of the business car are > former GN cars with duplex roomettes. Also agreed. I encountered "Bad Axe River" on No 1 about this time. Bob Date: 12/03/16 21:25 Re: A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75 Author: UP951West Nice one. Thanks for sharing these older Amtrak slides !
Date: 12/04/16 05:54 Re: A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75 Author: AndyBrown Great view! Your photos are always a treat. It's always good to see anything of the H.P. Long bridge. Even the old taxi you're following is neat.
Andy Date: 12/04/16 16:23 Re: A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75 Author: MEKoch Duplex roomette car might have been a dorm. Then come the two sleepers; UP diner and ATSF lounge; three hilevels and bag. Typical Sun Ltd. consist in those days.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/16 16:24 by MEKoch. Date: 12/05/16 16:32 Re: A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75 Author: chakk I assume that the train staff do not unlock the doors to the toilets until the train has completed crossing the bridge.
Date: 12/05/16 17:25 Re: A shot of the Sunset Limited - Huey P bridge -- May 75 Author: RailThunder Very good catch on the exGN Duplex Sleepers. Amtrak's two initially was used on the Night Owl. I've not see pictures of them this far west. The did sub on the Florida trains a time or two.
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