Passenger Trains > PV's in the pines this morning

Under threatening sky's this morning, six private cars bring up the rear of the Coast Starlight. The cars are heading to the AAPRCO Convention in Seattle. The cars were the Scottish Thistle, Pacific Sands, Tioga Pass, Pacific Sunset, Virginia City and the Silver Solarium bringing up the rear. The first photo is at the Dunsmuir Station running a couple of hours late. The second shot is at Upton about fifteen miles north of Dunsmuir.

Robert Morris Photography
http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/index1.html

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Very nice Photobob .I looked at the Dunsmuir cam ,however it times out before the rear of train goes bye .

Did Amtrak add a third loco?

bmarti7 Wrote:
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> Did Amtrak add a third loco?


yes.

Heres the three units 137-169-83.

Robert Morris Photography
http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/index1.html

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Notice the visibility of the illuminated stairway to the dome area through the rear window of the Silver Solarium.

railaddict Wrote:
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> Notice the visibility of the illuminated stairway
> to the dome area through the rear window of the
> Silver Solarium.

I think those handrails are called Lucite, and inside the Lucite is a string of lights. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

They are indeed lucite. There are no lights in the lucite. They are illuminated from the base and the "lights" you see are actually the screws holding the railing on. Think of them as the first fiber optics.

The convention is in Napa, not Seattle...