Passenger Trains > Amtrak # 8

Amtrak #8 by Skykomish at 3:45 pm. which is close to OT.

Not sure what time he departed the second time.

Departed the third time about 7:40 pm.

Had only the 163 and normal consist plus the private car SILVER FOOT #800279.

Finally got a unit off an eastbound grain mty. that was sitting in the siding. Then back west of the west switch and headed in behind the grain mty. to let a westbound stack train by. Then backed out the west end and headed eastward.

Dept. Wenatchee at 10:31 pm. 4 hrs 49 mins late.

DHF

Thanks for posting. An all-too-rare eyewitness report from the field of what actually happened.