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Passenger Trains > Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra CarsDate: 05/27/16 21:40 Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: The_Chief_Way No. 3 (27) has 3 units and 4 extra cars including the Great Dome "Ocean View"and the "Beech Grove" inspection car.
Heads up, California ! Date: 05/27/16 21:57 Re: Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: mundo My god, an extra unit on train 3, two on train 21, where do they obtain the units. Make another train or two, single locos for a week?
Date: 05/28/16 01:12 Re: Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: ST214 They stole them from the Lakeshore Limited. I cant wait to see what happens when their ill concieved single unit plan for the LSL bites them in the you know what.
Date: 05/28/16 07:14 Re: Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: dan lsl is back to 2 i thought
Date: 05/28/16 13:05 Re: Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: mt19a Wouldn't that be crazy if the heritage unit and 4 cars were for a special train that went over Cajon and Tehachapi on the same day.....
Date: 05/28/16 13:15 Re: Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: The_Chief_Way What a crazy idea !
Date: 05/28/16 14:23 Re: Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: sums007 All a railroad has to do is insist on 2+ units and that's the end of 1-unit Amtrak trains.
Date: 05/28/16 19:35 Re: Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: PeaBock619 mt19a Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Wouldn't that be crazy if the heritage unit and 4 > cars were for a special train that went over Cajon > and Tehachapi on the same day..... I heard that's the case. Trying to figure it out Date: 05/28/16 20:55 Re: Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: mt19a Any pictures of the train?
Date: 05/28/16 21:22 Re: Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: GenePoon mt19a Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Wouldn't that be crazy if the heritage unit and 4 > cars were for a special train that went over Cajon > and Tehachapi on the same day..... Considering who is aboard, not so crazy! Another soon-to-retire Amtrak president also finagled a Tehachapi ride... Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/16 21:24 by GenePoon. Date: 05/29/16 06:56 Re: Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: Sneebly I saw a video on Facebook of this train departing Raton NM. The train consist was a total of 14 cars. As I understand it that anytime the SWC exceeds 12 cars, BNSF requires that the train operates with 3 units. Probably because of Raton and Glorieta grades.
Sneebly Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/29/16 06:57 by Sneebly. Date: 05/29/16 09:47 Re: Amtrak No.3(27) With Heritage Unit and Extra Cars Author: ATSF1129 Sneebly Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I saw a video on Facebook of this train departing > Raton NM. The train consist was a total of 14 > cars. As I understand it that anytime the SWC > exceeds 12 cars, BNSF requires that the train > operates with 3 units. Probably because of Raton > and Glorieta grades. > > Sneebly Unfortunallly, this is more of a sugestion... as BNSF has been known to throw their own cars on #3 without extra power as seen here: on youtube /watch?v=YwROUUxWOmc |