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Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 13 00:22:41 2012, in response to National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by Dave on Sun May 13 00:20:29 2012. Pic #7.......was that the engineer??? LOL :-D |
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Posted by Dave on Sun May 13 00:34:47 2012, in response to Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 13 00:22:41 2012. Nope, a passenger on my train! |
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Posted by chud1 on Sun May 13 05:27:15 2012, in response to National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by Dave on Sun May 13 00:20:29 2012. beautiful shots.chud1 |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun May 13 08:01:55 2012, in response to National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by Dave on Sun May 13 00:20:29 2012. Excellent set of photos, Dave. I haven't seen any west-of-Mississippi freights in a while and the new liveries are beautiful.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Dave on Sun May 13 08:11:07 2012, in response to Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by Fred G on Sun May 13 08:01:55 2012. Thanks, Fred! |
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Posted by Dave on Sun May 13 10:59:51 2012, in response to Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by Fred G on Sun May 13 08:01:55 2012. Fred, you want west of the Mississippi photos? In 2-3 weeks, look for my Alaska RR and White Pass & Yukon photos! |
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Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3) |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun May 13 12:35:32 2012, in response to National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by Dave on Sun May 13 00:20:29 2012. nice photos |
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Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3) |
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Posted by J trainloco on Sun May 13 14:19:31 2012, in response to National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by Dave on Sun May 13 00:20:29 2012. In the background is Amtrak's Texas Eagle,loading passengers on its way west to Ft. Worth and from there to LA. As much as I loved traveling last year on the Coast Starlight,I would not take the Eagle...an overnight layover in San Antonio,TX,ranging from 7 to 9.5 hours,is made in order to accommodate train coupling operations.I was looking at the schedule and wondering about that. Why does it need that long of a layover? What is it coupling? It makes it extremely slow compared to the other cross country routes. |
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Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3) |
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Posted by Dave on Sun May 13 14:47:29 2012, in response to Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun May 13 12:35:32 2012. Thanks! |
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Posted by Dave on Sun May 13 15:00:39 2012, in response to Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by J trainloco on Sun May 13 14:19:31 2012. The Texas Eagle provides daily service between San Antonio and Chicago and tri-weekly service to Los Angeles. By switching cars at San Antonio between the Texas Eagle and the Sunset Limited, Amtrak provides a Los Angeles - Chicago through car service. The two routes’ respective schedules, however, result in very long layovers for connecting customers during which through cars are parked overnight. |
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Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3) |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Mon May 14 10:23:16 2012, in response to National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by Dave on Sun May 13 00:20:29 2012. Nice shots! |
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Posted by J trainloco on Mon May 14 13:01:05 2012, in response to Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by Dave on Sun May 13 15:00:39 2012. They can't spring for an extra locomotive and crew 3 times a week? I might like taking a cross country trip by train, but not with that kind of layover. Amtrak seems to purposefully make themselves less attractive with long layovers and connection times.Thanks for the info. |
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Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3) |
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Posted by Dave on Mon May 14 15:52:54 2012, in response to Re: National Train Day - one day early in N. Texas (part 2 of 3), posted by J trainloco on Mon May 14 13:01:05 2012. Lack of equipment, perhaps? |
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