Heritage Friday, 2013
On 2 and 3 February 2013, northern California saw two heritage units in two days, UP 1996, the SP heritage unit and Amtrak 822.? I knew both were coming, but obligations on Saturday did not let me
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Mike Tisdale
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Triangle Thursday, 1984
August 18, 1984?? Near Bryrup, Denmark??Triangle railcar at Vrads, Denmark. This is a preserved line in Jutland. It has an 0-6-0T, but the day i rode it, this Triangle gas-mechanical railcar was
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Mike Tisdale
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Long Ravine Wednesday, 1976, 1984, 2016
A few out the vestibule of #6 at Long Ravine photos over the years. 31 October 1976, February 1984 and 4 June 2016. Long Ravine is just east of Colfax, California on the Donner Pass line. Yeah, I
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Mike Tisdale
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Palisade Monday, 2019
June 21, 2019 UP 6250, DPU of 5413's westbound unit grain train and the Clamper's Eureka and Palisade RR memorial. The train is crossing the Humboldt River, which the railroad follows for over 200
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Mike Tisdale
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Zephyr and Ziggurat Sunset for Tuesday, 2019
January 31, 2019 Sunset behind the West Sacramento ziggurat while the tardy Zephyr unloads passengers and baggage, and a Capitol and San Joaquin await departure? Sacramento, California. Mike Tisdale
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Mike Tisdale
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San Jose to San Francisco Sunday, 2021
Part two of my December 2021 Rails Around the Bay trip. https://www.flickr.com/photos/10813293@N08/albums/72177720296344691 Mike Tisdale
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Silver Solarium Saturday, 2012
They have not completely stopped carrying them, but there are more restrictions on where they will switch them on and off a train.? You can put a car on from Oakland to Chicago, but you might not be
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Silver Solarium Saturday, 2012
Mike, do you know this came to be, that there were five private cars that day? Can't quite believe that this was only coincidence. Seems probable that it was a small group of AAPRCO owners who got
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Dave Saums
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Re: Silver Solarium Saturday, 2012
The Silver Solarium plus a roomette for two would be a great way to go from SF to Chicago. More time, but much more pleasant than American Airlines. From: [email protected]
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Phil Burton
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Silver Solarium Saturday, 2012
Silver Solarium brings up the rear of #6, the eastbound California Zephyr at Long Ravine, just east of Colfax, California.?? 5 private cars were attached to the rear of Amtrak's Zephyr that day,
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Mike Tisdale
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Truckee Friday, 2017
January 28, 2017 UP freight as seen from the balcony of the Truckee Hotel. I'm guessing this is the DPU of an eastbound, based on the number of cars stopped at the crossing. ¡ª in Truckee,
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Mike Tisdale
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Pepsi Can Thursday, 1994
5 March 1994, opening of new Roseville, California station. 2 P32s on a special run of a Capitol train. At the time, there were only 3 Sacramento-San Jose Capitol Corridor round trips, but one was
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Mike Tisdale
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Trainshed Tuesday, 1988
July 22, 1988? Metra F40s and an E8 at North Western Terminal ¡ª in Chicago, Illinois. Mike Tisdale
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Mike Tisdale
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Mound House Moon Monday, 2018
July 20, 2018? On the 49th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the moon floats in the sky above Virginia and Truckee 2-8-0 29 at Eastgate station. Mound House is a few miles east of Carson
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Mike Tisdale
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Bhusaval Birthday, 1980
How I spent my 23rd birthday in 1980.? One of the few that I distinctly remember as opposed to the ones that are jumbled up like Dylan Thomas' Christmases...?? "One Christmas was so much like the
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Late Westbbound California Zephyr
Thank you, Dave.? Yes, it was quite the trip. My job closed for the week between Christmas and New Years, 1982 and I decided to take a trip to Denver from Sacramento.? I wanted to do an Amtrak + RGZ
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Late Westbbound California Zephyr
Sounds like an, uh, interesting trip! Mike, you've got quite a lot of passenger train travel under your belt. Not just in the U.S., either. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Get Outlook for
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Dave Saums
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Late Westbbound California Zephyr
Today's westbound California Zephyr is about 15 hours late due to a late departure from Chicago because of problems with one engine and the lounge car, then further delays en route.?? In December
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Mike Tisdale
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Swedish Meet Friday, 1980
March 27, 1980?? My notes say that we met Da 938 on this one car train about 1130, so this might be a bit out of sequence. This would have been a half hour after the Nordpilen left Kiruna, Sweden. I
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Feather River Thursday, 1987
The WP Broncos have long since been replaced by hi rail pickup trucks.? I'm pretty sure that MOW crews drive them, not train operating crews. I THINK, not certain, that they run between Portola and
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Mike Tisdale
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