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Passenger Trains > C&NW #402 leads an Amtrak inspection train- Nelson, IL- 1988Date: 07/04/20 12:14 C&NW #402 leads an Amtrak inspection train- Nelson, IL- 1988 Author: MWBaker Photos of an Amtrak inspection train taken directly across the field from our country home in the 1980's.
The EB is led by one of the C&NW "Presidential" F's an F40, and 4 cars. In addition to occasional CZ reroutes, there were these "test" runs of a proposed separate section between Chicago and Omaha. How I happened to be up near the NQ plant (MP 103 on the Geneva Sub) to catch this train is lost to memory. It could've been a heads-up from mentor railfans in Dixon, or from scanner traffic. The going away shot is a bit lacking; perhaps I was looking to see who was in the coaches. Lastly, a shot directly north to our home on the Pitcher Farm, where we spent a great 10 years and countless feet of video tape and rolls of film. Mark Baker La Salle, IL Historic ROWs trace w/ USDA Aerials Date: 07/04/20 17:51 Re: C&NW #402 leads an Amtrak inspection train- Nelson, IL- 1988 Author: cabsignaldrop Very nice! Thanks for sharing. Didn't know a separate Chicago-Omaha section was looked at. The Amtrak City of Everywhere did get quite lengthy in the 80s and early 90s.
Posted from Android Date: 07/05/20 07:12 Re: C&NW #402 leads an Amtrak inspection train- Nelson, IL- 1988 Author: mp51w I like the farm shot! I spent many a day along the C&NW tracks East of there in Ogle County!
Date: 07/05/20 12:17 Re: C&NW #402 leads an Amtrak inspection train- Nelson, IL- 1988 Author: BuddPullman Nice photos.
I wonder how many times the Amtrak 10-6 sleeper behind the F40PH, ex Union Pacific 10-6 (Budd 1950), made the trip across the C&NW Chicago and Omaha, behind C&NW power between 1950 and October 1955? |