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Here We Go |
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Posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 6 16:35:45 2012 Nilet = departing Croton on the Lake Shore Ltd. |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Mon Aug 6 16:49:31 2012, in response to Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 6 16:35:45 2012. Hey, it's Nilet! |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Aug 6 16:55:10 2012, in response to Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 6 16:35:45 2012. Where are we going? Where are we going?On the LSL from Croton you must be going Norsk Bound. Going to Chi-town? You can change to the Empire Builder, and then let me know when you get to Minot! ROAR |
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Posted by 3-9 on Mon Aug 6 18:14:04 2012, in response to Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 6 16:35:45 2012. Check out that new diner that Amtrak was showing off on Train Day! |
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Posted by kp5308 on Mon Aug 6 20:05:05 2012, in response to Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 6 16:35:45 2012. GO NILET GO! |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Aug 6 20:15:03 2012, in response to Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 6 16:35:45 2012. Welcome Ba...ok when you get back.Bon Voyagee. your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Easy on Mon Aug 6 20:47:55 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by G1Ravage on Mon Aug 6 16:49:31 2012. Do you miss nilet too?My spell checker wants to change "nilet" to "Miley". Weird as I only know of one Miley. |
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Posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 7 12:51:54 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by Fred G on Mon Aug 6 20:15:03 2012. Heh, I think I've missed you guys! |
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Posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 7 12:53:54 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by 3-9 on Mon Aug 6 18:14:04 2012. Which one? I've been away from all trains and railfan fora for a spell; I'm a bit out of date.Diner was the standard heritage car, #8527 from the Southern Pacific. |
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Posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 7 12:54:12 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by kp5308 on Mon Aug 6 20:05:05 2012. YAAAYY! |
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Posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 7 13:05:33 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Aug 6 16:55:10 2012.  OK will post from Minot.Shan't be arriving until August 14 though. And strictly speaking, I can't guarantee I'll be awake or have cell service. But I'll definitely try to make a point of it. |
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Posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 7 13:06:34 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by G1Ravage on Mon Aug 6 16:49:31 2012. Yeah, I still exist. I lost my inner railfan for awhile but then I found it: It was me all along! |
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Posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 7 13:09:58 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by Easy on Mon Aug 6 20:47:55 2012. Stupid autocorrect? I typed the first post on my phone and had to delete half of it since it came out all wrong. Originally it (was supposed to) say something about another epic cross-country adventure and pics to hopefully follow.(I'm in the Metropolitan Lounge at CHI; my USB cable is buried in my luggage so I can't extract any pictures for now.) |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Aug 7 13:14:41 2012, in response to Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 6 16:35:45 2012. inb4 arrived an hour or more late post. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Tue Aug 7 13:27:55 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 7 12:53:54 2012. I guess it wasn't there then. Supposedly they were testing a new dining car with a high roof, new facilities, extra set of high windows, etc. Essentially, it looks like a bilevel car on the outside, but they instead used the extra space to make it airy, and the extra windows to let in more light. |
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Posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 7 14:25:09 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by 3-9 on Tue Aug 7 13:27:55 2012. Oh, a Viewliner Diner then! There was a prototype Viewliner diner way back when (long retired) and more recently I heard they were planning to procure a fleet of Viewliner diners but I don't recall anything specific. |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Aug 7 14:45:26 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 7 14:25:09 2012. they resuscitated the 8400 w/new interior as a testbed. it has been reported running on the LSL. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 18:07:00 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Aug 7 14:45:26 2012. I've seen it at RENS ... was running on the Boston section. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 18:13:54 2012, in response to Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 6 16:35:45 2012. Dewwwwwwwwwd! :) |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 8 14:15:08 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 18:13:54 2012. Hey Selkirk.I'd planned on asking you where I could get a copy of KNOS for secure laptop have whilst traveling but now I've already departed and I'm stuck with a version of Mac OSX that Apple hasn't even supported with security updates for the last several years. |
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Railfan Chicago |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 8 14:21:52 2012, in response to Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 6 16:35:45 2012. I'm not feeling particularly inspired. Anyone have any suggestions for activities (railfan or otherwise) in Chicago? I'm considering checking out the railfan windows the South Shore has kindly installed, but I'm not sure how many there are or the odds of getting one.I've already extensively ridden the brown and purple lines, plus the red line to Howard, the blue to O'Hare and the Skokie. I'd be a little more inclined to try railfanning Metra, so if anyone knows which lines are most fun and/or most likely to offer accessible railfan windows, I'd appreciate it! :) |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Wed Aug 8 14:45:47 2012, in response to Railfan Chicago, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 8 14:21:52 2012. Go to the Museum of Science and Industry. Visit the BNSF HO layout. Get there either by Metra Electric to 55-56-57th St or Express bus #10 IIRC along State St which will parallel ME most of the way.You could ride ME to Homewood wher on the East side of the CN(former IC) there is an official viewing gazebo w/ a radio feed. Watch the parade of ME southbounds, CN freights,Amtrak. Choice 3 head west on the BN to say La Grange and watch that parade. |
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Posted by Alan Follett on Wed Aug 8 17:02:05 2012, in response to Railfan Chicago, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 8 14:21:52 2012. There are no real railfan windows on Metra's push-pull equipment, though all the cab cars have a window in the end door from which a standing passenger can geet a good view forward on any inbound train. I've known conductors to object on safety grounds to passengers standing at the door, though.Probably the best railfan ride on Metra is BNSF to Aurora; you'll pass plenty of freight and passenger action along the three-track main. Another interesting choice might be a circle trip to Joliet, going one way on one of the handful of Amtrak or Metra Heritage Corridor trains (via the old Alton/GM&O line) and the other way on the Rock Island District. Or, for further variety, get off the RID at Blue Island and switch to the Metra Electric's single-track Blue Island Branch; the stations are adjacent. Or, if you're into traction, take the UP North Line to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and ride Kenosha Transit's two-mile trolley loop, which stops right in front of the Metra station. Don't be surprised if you're the only passenger. Alan Follett Hercules, CA |
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Posted by Dave on Wed Aug 8 17:37:17 2012, in response to Railfan Chicago, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 8 14:21:52 2012. If you have access to a car, get thee to the Illinois Railway Museum! |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Aug 8 18:34:08 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 8 14:15:08 2012. Hit me up when you get back, emaily above ... :) |
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Posted by aaron on Wed Aug 8 21:11:09 2012, in response to Re: Railfan Chicago, posted by Dave on Wed Aug 8 17:37:17 2012. Agreed...IRM is awesome, about 90 minutes from Chicago... |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Wed Aug 8 21:52:08 2012, in response to Re: Railfan Chicago, posted by aaron on Wed Aug 8 21:11:09 2012. Absolutely agree. Was there last year w/ERA, going back this Labor Day. Rode a Redbird, a century old South Side RT woodie, a North Shore car, and a CSL/CTA 3 door PCC. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Thu Aug 9 04:40:54 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 18:07:00 2012. That kind of sucks, I was hoping I could see it again a little closer without having to go past Albany. Oh, well, maybe when I take that trip to Chicago. :-) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Aug 9 04:47:15 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by 3-9 on Thu Aug 9 04:40:54 2012. I have a feeling it's probably making the rounds. When I last saw it, it arrived with the Boston section at RENS and when they combined the trains, it got sent back to Boston rather than going west. Dunno if that's normal, but that's what they did last time I saw it. |
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Posted by R30A on Thu Aug 9 13:42:37 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Aug 9 04:47:15 2012. Outside of special events, it is consistently on the NY section of the lake shore. Nilet probably passed it, either going up the hudson, or in the middle of the night in Ohio. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Aug 9 14:13:14 2012, in response to Railfan Chicago, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 8 14:21:52 2012. In Chicago, isn't the South Shore line an absolute must? Maybe I'm talking as someone whose never been there. For me, the list is easy.>South Shore line >Loop >Skokie Swift |
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Posted by R30A on Thu Aug 9 14:17:06 2012, in response to Railfan Chicago, posted by Nilet on Wed Aug 8 14:21:52 2012. If you want to view the new Viewdiner, it should be on tonights 48 out of CHI. |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Aug 9 16:10:42 2012, in response to Re: Railfan Chicago, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Aug 9 14:13:14 2012. Although When I went to Chicago for the first time as an adult in 1989, I didn't do the South Shore, I would think if you have the time and the money for an interurban fare, the South Shore is definitely high priority. |
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Posted by chuchubob on Thu Aug 9 17:09:46 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by R30A on Thu Aug 9 13:42:37 2012. 8400 was reportedly on Wednesday's train 49 out of NYP. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Aug 9 17:51:15 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by R30A on Thu Aug 9 13:42:37 2012. Sounds like they're trying to give it equal time then between sections. |
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Posted by R30A on Fri Aug 10 13:45:37 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Aug 9 17:51:15 2012. 8400 is always on 48/49 when in service. It has not seen a paying passenger anywhere but the New York section of the lake shore this decade. |
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Posted by R30A on Fri Aug 10 13:46:53 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by chuchubob on Thu Aug 9 17:09:46 2012. Yes. I wasn't thinking when I made that post as I had seen it in Sunnyside on Wednesday in the Lake Shore consist. |
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Posted by Nilet on Sat Aug 11 14:06:24 2012, in response to Re: Railfan Chicago, posted by Dave on Wed Aug 8 17:37:17 2012. No car. Sorry. Well I'm in one now but it's not going back to Chicago... bound for STL. Time for Metrolink. |
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Posted by Nilet on Sat Aug 11 14:11:09 2012, in response to Re: Railfan Chicago, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Aug 9 14:13:14 2012. Loop = check. South Shore = check, no RFW tho. Skokie = did it in 2008. |
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Posted by Nilet on Sat Aug 11 14:27:38 2012, in response to Re: Railfan Chicago, posted by Alan Follett on Wed Aug 8 17:02:05 2012. Planned Kenosha but shenanigans happened. I can try for tomorrow depending on how late the Eagle is running. |
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Posted by Nilet on Sun Aug 12 07:11:23 2012, in response to Re: Railfan Chicago, posted by Alan Follett on Wed Aug 8 17:02:05 2012. There are no real railfan windows on Metra's push-pull equipment, though all the cab cars have a window in the end door from which a standing passenger can geet a good view forward on any inbound train.Metra push-pull trains are almost all stainless steel gallery cars, which do offer proper railfan windows inbound as long as the first car is open.  That photo is from the Union Pacific West line, I believe, taken in 2009. |
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Posted by Nilet on Sun Aug 12 11:54:13 2012, in response to Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 6 16:35:45 2012. I've been driving (or, rather, riding) up and down Missouri with family, but I'm back on my own and back on Amtrak. Right now I'm on the Texas Eagle back to Chicago.Here's a photo of a southbound Lincoln Service I took a few minutes ago.  Tomorrow is the Empire Builder. I'll try and get more photos offloaded at some point.
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Posted by xtimx on Sun Aug 12 12:44:25 2012, in response to More Amtrak (Includes One Photo), posted by Nilet on Sun Aug 12 11:54:13 2012. How far are you taking the Builder? |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Aug 12 18:17:09 2012, in response to Re: Railfan Chicago, posted by Nilet on Sat Aug 11 14:11:09 2012. When I rode South Shore last year there was a sort of R-160 type of RFW. You had to stand behind the full front vestibule and look through. |
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Posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 13 00:17:51 2012, in response to Re: More Amtrak (Includes One Photo), posted by xtimx on Sun Aug 12 12:44:25 2012. Seattle. |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Aug 13 03:30:11 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 7 12:51:54 2012. Good seeing you again.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Nilet Too on Mon Aug 13 11:51:44 2012, in response to Here We Go, posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 6 16:35:45 2012. I got a call from Amtrak's auto-system warning me about delays on the Empire Builder. When I called the agent to ask about specifics, I substituted "Julie, the automated system" with "GLaDOS, the automated system." The agent didn't seem to notice the substitution. |
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Posted by Nilet on Mon Aug 13 12:54:11 2012, in response to Re: Railfan Chicago, posted by randyo on Sun Aug 12 18:17:09 2012. Same here but the new gallery cars have proper RFWs. Didn't ride one but I have some pics; I'll post some when I'm not limited to my phone. (Empire Builder today, waiting for Metra to Union Station, laptop is packed away.) |
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Hello Lion! |
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Posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 14 11:49:36 2012, in response to Re: Here We Go, posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Aug 6 16:55:10 2012. I have officially arrived in Minot! Apparently, there's a massive derailment down the line so we'll be here awhile. Are you coming to visit? |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Tue Aug 14 17:00:49 2012, in response to Hello Lion!, posted by Nilet on Tue Aug 14 11:49:36 2012. I had not heard about the derailment.This is not a good day to come visiting, we hare having a funeral here, fortunately it is not mine. We'll keep you in mind... Thanks for thinking of me. ROAR |
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