Passenger Trains > Amtrak Memories, 1993

1. An Amtrak P32-8W duo, 509 & 504, are leading W/B train # 3, the Southwest Chief. Here, on Santa Fe's Cajon Sub. 6:50AM on 3-6-93 in Frost, CA.

2. Amtrak F40PH-359 is on the point of N/B train #60, the Montrealer, as it passes the MP 130.9 signal on the Central of Vermont Railway. 7:59AM on 7-18-93 in St. Albans, VT.

3. A trio of Amtrak F40PHs (325, 204 & 380) are on the point of E/B train #8, The Empire Builder, as they cross the Two Medicine River on Burlington Northern's Hi Line Sub. 10:12AM on 10-5-93 in East Glacier, MT. 

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Love the two Pepsi Cans on the point in photo 1.

Hakk

chakk Wrote:
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> Love the two Pepsi Cans on the point in photo 1.

Second that! That is a good lookin' lashup. P32s back2back in Pepsi. I'd love to see that in current day ops. But I do seem to remember that some hoggers here on TO mentioned that the P32s were not too comfortable operating on long trips [loud, hot, and/or?).

All 3 photos are excellent! Love the Pepsi Cans!  I recently got back into film photography and didn't realize how much I missed the "analog" look of film!  I guess I've gotten so used to digital over the years.

Really like 1 & 3

What I like most in these photos is seeing AMTRAK bring in more business and revenue via the baggage and Express boxcars.  AMTRAK should still be hauling mail and express--it makes complete sense, and it works.

Great memories...really miss that era of railroading.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Three winners

Actually, mail and express didn't work.  Getting the cars loaded and into and out of consists caused extensive delays (at least extensive by the standards of the time).  And Amtrak lost serious money. 

Amtrak lost money because switching the cars
cost more than they expected? Or did Amtrak
have to pay for delays?

I don't know those details.  Good questions.  

Yeah, #1 and #3 are spectacular!

Great pics, that pic with No. 3 is the best of the 3 pics!