Passenger Trains > One of Two at Ottumwa This Morning

This morning I was in Ottumwa, Iowa to see the eastbound California Zephyr leaving the city.  Amtrak #6(29) had a new Charger third out.  I hadn't seen or heard of any other trains while I was there, so I left after #6 did.  Turns out, the Winter Park Express equipment was running as a deadhead move behind the Zephyr: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,6157473.  It arrived at Ottumwa twenty minutes after #6 left.

I believe the radio chatter was the BNSF dispatcher talking to a train on the Des Moines branch near Albia.

Consist for #6:
AMTK 37 GE P42DC
AMTK 25 GE P42DC
AMTK 380 Siemens ALC-42
61035 baggage car
39046 transition dormitory car
32064 sleeping car
32016 sleeping car
38000 dining car
33027 sightseer lounge
34117 coach
31046 baggage-coach

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