Passenger Trains > Charging Through The Snow

Amtrak charger 303 leads the Empire Builder through the snow into the West Portal of the Cascade Tunnel at Scenic last night.

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Nice catch!

 Bismarck Bill 

Wait. They can run in the snow now?  

Those units are going to take some getting used to. When are they going to start leading the Coast Starlight?

Robert Morris
Dunsmuir, CA
Robert Morris Photography

Train29 Wrote:
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> Wait. They can run in the snow now?  

It's not the snow that's the problem, it's the extreme cold, can't wait till next winter to see if they actually got that working right, no wonder the F40s lasted as long as they did on 7 and 8 because they could handle those extreme temps working the Builder!

photobob Wrote:
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> Those units are going to take some getting used
> to. When are they going to start leading the Coast
> Starlight?

Considering that they haven't even delivered a dozen units yet, it might be awhile.

ProAmtrak Wrote:
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> Train29 Wrote:
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> > Wait. They can run in the snow now?  
>
> It's not the snow that's the problem, it's the
> extreme cold, can't wait till next winter to see
> if they actually got that working right, no wonder
> the F40s lasted as long as they did on 7 and 8
> because they could handle those extreme temps
> working the Builder!

And then we see those nicely-maintained  CSX F40s on their Derby Train and wonder why Amtrak . . . Oh never mind.
Gordon

Nice shot!

RC Lundgren
Elgin, TX

gbmott Wrote:
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> ProAmtrak Wrote:
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> > Train29 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Wait. They can run in the snow now?  
> >
> > It's not the snow that's the problem, it's the
> > extreme cold, can't wait till next winter to
> see
> > if they actually got that working right, no
> wonder
> > the F40s lasted as long as they did on 7 and 8
> > because they could handle those extreme temps
> > working the Builder!
>
> And then we see those nicely-maintained  CSX F40s
> on their Derby Train and wonder why Amtrak . . .
> Oh never mind.
> Gordon

Thing about those CSX F40s is their recent paint job, can't get any better than that, those engines look sharp!