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Passenger Trains > 3 (21) Fast Run PCT - GBB YesterdayDate: 03/22/17 09:47 3 (21) Fast Run PCT - GBB Yesterday Author: kcpsbn According to Amtrak Status Map 3 (21) left Princeton, IL (MP 104) at 4:51P and arrived Galesburg (MP 162) at 5:01P. That's 58 miles in 10 mins, an average speed of 348 MPH! It didn't leave GBB until 5:48P, 47 minutes later. Presumably it was cooling its wheels there after a rather remarkable run.
http://dixielandsoftware.net/cgi-bin/gettrain.pl?seltrain=3&selyear=2017&selmonth=03&selday=21 Date: 03/22/17 10:17 RE: 3(21) Fast Run PCT - GBB Yesterday Author: 4400horsepower I saw that also, definitely a fast Amtrak train...
Hopefully Railfan2 in Galesburg made some shutter speed adjustments and got some photos up around Altona or Oneida, IL as this train passed.. :) Brian Burlington, IA Date: 03/22/17 10:59 Re: RE: 3(21) Fast Run PCT - GBB Yesterday Author: wigwag Did the crossing gates go down in time at every grade crossing?
Date: 03/22/17 13:06 Re: RE: 3(21) Fast Run PCT - GBB Yesterday Author: PennPlat Faster than a speeding Super Chief.
Date: 03/22/17 22:04 Re: RE: 3(21) Fast Run PCT - GBB Yesterday Author: jcaestecker At that rate, you could have ordered something in the cafe car and had it handed to you 2 minutes before you paid for it!!!
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