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Passenger Trains > Something Amtrak could learn from it's past...Date: 01/25/23 15:40 Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: Alco251 I know this picture was taken almost 35 years ago, but check out how nice the eastbound Empire Builder looked at Spotted Robe, Montana October 9, 1988. Amazing what a matching paint scheme can do to the "look" of a passenger train.
Date: 01/25/23 15:46 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: coach Yes, indeed!!!
Date: 01/25/23 15:50 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: Flyer92122 Aeound the same time there was also the daily California Zephyr with two full dining cars between CHI- SLC. The CZ/DW/PNR was a huge train Chicago to Salt Lake.
Date: 01/25/23 16:08 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: BigSkyBlue It's a terrific looking picture, but not quite a "matching" paint scheme. The fifth car is in the earlier Superliner paint. BSB
Date: 01/25/23 18:19 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: BoilingMan Flyer92122 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Aeound the same time there was also the daily > California Zephyr with two full dining cars > between CHI- SLC. The CZ/DW/PNR was a huge train > Chicago to Salt Lake. Actually, the 2nd diner was added to the Zephyr at Salt Lake City. It came off the Desert Wind at SLC and turned in Denver. (LAX-SLC-DEN-SLC-LAX) It was usually one of the former ATSF Hi-Level diners Amtrak converted to a Diner-Lounge. SR Date: 01/25/23 18:22 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: goduckies BoilingMan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Flyer92122 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Aeound the same time there was also the daily > > California Zephyr with two full dining cars > > between CHI- SLC. The CZ/DW/PNR was a huge > train > > Chicago to Salt Lake. > > Actually, the 2nd diner was added to the Zephyr at > Salt Lake City. It came off the Desert Wind at > SLC and turned in Denver. > (LAX-SLC-DEN-SLC-LAX) It was usually one of the > former ATSF Hi-Level diners Amtrak converted to a > Diner-Lounge. > SR The glory years Posted from Android Date: 01/25/23 19:42 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: jgilmore Beautiful scene!
JG Date: 01/25/23 19:57 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: GenePoon When the Zephyr ran daily and the Pioneer and Desert Wind ran triweekly, a second diner also ran Chicago-Denver, continuing through Wyoming via Ogden and Pocatello to Portland and Seattle. Its menu differed from the Zephyr's.
Date: 01/25/23 21:41 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: Pioneer2526 Now I remember, thats when the last car of the Seattle section was the diner, trying to remember when they changed it around 1996 or so
Posted from iPhone Date: 01/25/23 22:17 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: BoilingMan Yes, it WAS the last car, but it was off the Desert Wind- the LA section.
A coach and sleeper from Seattle went onto the rear of the Zephyr, then a coach, a sleeper, and the diner were on the very rear. I worked that diner (LSA) several times in the mid/later 80’s off the LA Extra Board. SR Date: 01/25/23 22:35 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: Pioneer2526 ? Wrong train boiling man
In later years the diner was moved to behind the Seattle sleeper, just a bummer now long walk from the Portland sleeper to the Diner now lol Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/23 22:43 by Pioneer2526. Date: 01/26/23 06:53 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: atsf121 Gorgeous photo
Date: 01/26/23 08:11 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: Peter_Hawtrey Who was the president of Amtrak at that time? Could that have contributed to this scene?
Date: 01/26/23 10:01 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: CPMorris The late, great Graham Claytor, the last President
who truly understood and appreciated long distance...... and maybe David Gunn, but I digress. Date: 01/26/23 14:08 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: PRR1361 It's equals "it is". Is that what you meant?
Date: 01/26/23 15:45 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: ProAmtrak goduckies Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > BoilingMan Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Flyer92122 Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Aeound the same time there was also the daily > > > California Zephyr with two full dining cars > > > between CHI- SLC. The CZ/DW/PNR was a huge > > train > > > Chicago to Salt Lake. > > > > Actually, the 2nd diner was added to the Zephyr > at > > Salt Lake City. It came off the Desert Wind > at > > SLC and turned in Denver. > > (LAX-SLC-DEN-SLC-LAX) It was usually one of > the > > former ATSF Hi-Level diners Amtrak converted to > a > > Diner-Lounge. > > SR > > > The glory years > > Posted from Android Sure was, and being in the Navy based at Mayport back in 94 it was just as cool seeing both Silver Trains with 16-18 car consists and their splits to serve Florida, sad today's Amtrak isn't l8ke that anymore! Date: 01/27/23 13:18 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: webmaster I did not care for the stripes, I would have preferred a stainless steel train with no color. My recollection was the high level cars had a bizarre pattern of stripes that went down at an angle, creating a lower stripe pattern, before returning up to the height of the Superliners.
Todd Clark Canyon Country, CA Trainorders.com Date: 01/28/23 15:53 Re: Something Amtrak could learn from it's past... Author: MH2198 Phase III.... THE only Amtrak look. Should have never dropped it for the lame paint jobs of today.
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