Don't let this short consist fool you, this is the "Coast Starlight". The standard Superliner consist terminated in Oakland and passengers were transferred to this stub train to continue the trip... (more)
715 idles on a blazing August day. Time to head for air conditioning!
Seen here is a Coast Starlight "stub train", consisting of 1 P42, 1 baggage car, 2 Amcal cab cars, and 3 Amcal coaches. The passengers got off in Oakland, and transfered to a regular Starlight tra... (more)
Amtrak 140 is the sole power on a short northbound Coast Starlight.
AMT 140 sits ready at 17th Street near Fort Worth Intermodal Station.
The outbound CA Zephyr has a Horizon class coah just behind the P42s, but lacks any freight...
In the final days of Fast Mail service, the RoadRailers bring up the rear as they travel north. Amtrak will stop shipping mail in October, 2004.
AMTRAK P42 #140 uncouples from Train 80.
Amtrak 140 gleams in the sun as it pulls into Joliet Union Station.
Amtrak 140 gleams in the sun as it pulls into Joliet Union Station
On time today, the northbound Texas Eagle departs St Louis and passes a couple St Louis icons (not the traffic barriers)
NB Palmetto stops at Wilson Station