Nostalgia & History > Inter-American and the MP -- Dec 74

Shortly after leaving Dallas Union Station and headed to Ft.Worth on the T&P, passed a Missouri Pacific freight.
Fairly new SD40-2 3110 led with SD40 3088 behind.

Gary

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Really nice Gary!

You sure have been posting some real gems in the last few weeks. Keep 'em coming!

Tom Kline
Houston

Very good slides, Gary. I liked seeing the classic T&P signal bridge with Amtrak #21's E unit power and postwar LWT cars . Those 1950's cars rode better than Superliners...and you didn't have to climb up and down the stairs for the bathrooms. THANKS.. -Kelly

Good stuff. MoPac even has the class lights illuminated, it appears.

Great images to observe a MoPac Monday. Thanks!

MC
Muskegon, Michigan

Ahh to meet an opposing train from a Dutch door.Marvelous AB FAB .......

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And you didn't fall out the Dutch door. Try that today and you would be warned first and then kicked off the train if there was a second attempt. A safety hazard you know.

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> And you didn't fall out the Dutch door. Try that today and you would be warned first and then kicked off the train if there was a second attempt. A safety hazard you know.

I find it very strange how "vestibuling" is considered the crime-of-the-century and an extreme safety hazard on some properties and encouraged on others.

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CA_Sou_MA_Agent Wrote:
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> andersonb109 Wrote:
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> > And you didn't fall out the Dutch door. Try that
> today and you would be warned first and then
> kicked off the train if there was a second
> attempt. A safety hazard you know.
>
> I find it very strange how "vestibuling" is
> considered the crime-of-the-century and an extreme
> safety hazard on some properties and encouraged on
> others.

It's really a shame. I road the Amtrak California Zephyr in 1990 and by golly I wanted to experience the dutch door view a few times. I think I was aware passengers were not supposed to do this but screw-it, I did it anyway - I just didn't push my luck and do it for long. I think I saw a few others do it too for a little bit. IMO, that is one of the grand experiences of riding a passenger train.

Cheers, Jim