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Date: 10/11/18 01:16
Starlight with rare power
Author: DelMonteX

Yesterdays (10/10/18) Starlight had AMTK 507 as a leader.  Not often a P32 gets that job.

Here it is running along the south Puget Sound and through Steilacoom WA, just after sunset. 

Steve Carter
Gig Harbor, WA
My Photography

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Date: 10/11/18 01:25
Re: Starlight with rare power
Author: DelMonteX

Here's a still extracted from the video. 

Steve Carter
Gig Harbor, WA
My Photography

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Date: 10/11/18 05:30
Re: Starlight with rare power
Author: gbmott

Very nice!  Unloved as they are, the P32s somehow just keep plugging along.

Gordon

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Date: 10/11/18 06:39
Re: Starlight with rare power
Author: goneon66

outstanding video.  i really enjoyed it........

66

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Date: 10/11/18 08:09
Re: Starlight with rare power
Author: PHall

P32's are on the Starlight all of the time and they end up leading 4 or 5 times a year. Usually because of a problem with the P42.

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Date: 10/11/18 08:39
Re: Starlight with rare power
Author: CarolVoss

The 507 was on the cover of a Trains mag in 1997. We rode in it from SLO to Santa Barbara  on #11 with Tommy the Rocket De La Rosa in Oct 1994. It was called Slow Sally. The 518 was called Wallowing Wilma.
C

Carol Voss
Bakersfield, CA

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Date: 10/11/18 09:31
Re: Starlight with rare power
Author: gaspeamtrak

goneon66 Wrote:
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> outstanding video.  i really enjoyed it........
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> 66

Same here!!! Thank you for sharing!!! :):):)

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Date: 10/11/18 12:46
Re: Starlight with rare power
Author: PHall

So for those who really know, which loads slower, the P32 or the P40/42? I've heard the P40/42's load at a rather slow rate.

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Date: 10/13/18 19:17
Re: Starlight with rare power
Author: amtrakbill

Fantastic video!

Thank you!

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Date: 10/14/18 09:12
Re: Starlight with rare power
Author: jp1822

Coast Starlight consist - even though three sleepers strong - looks like such a small consist these days compared to years past. However, with more frequent train service to mid-coast CA (San Luis Obispo), guess some coaches are not needed. However this train hits another critical point between Klamath Falls and Euguene with peak loads.........

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