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Grear shot - where was it taken?
Andy

Did this train have the Amtrak Theater Car at the end?

Tremendous shot.

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Picture is at I-77 around the Morehead St exit. Yes the American View Observation was on the rear.

IAMTRAKN2 Wrote:
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> Picture is at I-77 around the Morehead St exit.
> Yes the American View Observation was on the rear.

What city?
Andy

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Probably near Charlotte.

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CPCoyote Wrote:
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> Probably near Charlotte.
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> Posted from iPhone

Yes, in Charlotte - I-77 at the I-277 John Belk Freeway interchange on near west-side of downtown - less than a mile from Bank of America Stadium.  This would be an "empty" train with the Amtrak American View on rear headed to the new Wye to turn.   Those NCDOT 1-800-BY-TRAIN signs are common near lines that host passenger service - Piedmont does not offer service right here, just now starting to use it to access wye for turning, but this is the route the Crescent uses.   NC Ferry Service signs are also common as you approach the coast.  NCDOT using their right of way for advertising their services.   

I t would be a LOT EASIER  to travel if the governement MANDATED THAT NOTHING GOES BY TRUCK over 250 miles. Some of these guys think they're Mario Andretti or AJ Foyt on the Interstate ( Remember, Google is your friend )

gandydancer4 Wrote:
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> I t would be a LOT EASIER  to travel if the
> governement MANDATED THAT NOTHING GOES BY TRUCK
> over 250 miles. Some of these guys think they're
> Mario Andretti or AJ Foyt on the Interstate (
> Remember, Google is your friend )


GOOD LUCK with that??!! Especially considering the fact that we DON'T have enough crews for the trains now.....

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WIll all the Piedmonts turn on the new wye in west Charlotte, and if so, does this mean NCDOT no longer has to put a second locomotive or a cab control car on every consist? They have been running bidirectional consists for many years. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/09/26 09:18 by ctillnc.

gandydancer4 Wrote:
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> I t would be a LOT EASIER  to travel if the
> governement MANDATED THAT NOTHING GOES BY TRUCK
> over 250 miles.

HA HA HA HA

ROFLMAO

Good joke.

So, you somehow think that produce grown in the Salinas Valley of California and going to markets in the Greater Metro Phoenix AZ market should be picked and packed, loaded into a refrigerator trailer or container, taken to a local intermodel yard in the Salinas Valley (that does not today exist), at some point loaded onto an intermodal train in the Salinas Valley, the train then takes about 16-24 hours to get to an intermodal yard somewhere near Phoenix, unloaded from the train, then drayed to the market DC.