A few hours of train watching with a friend from overseas.
Mike Tisdale
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Ogden Alco Wednesday, 1977
Retired SP Alcos in Ogden, Utah as seen from the eastbound San Francisco Zephyr.
5 June 1977
Mike Tisdale
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Going around Ghum Loop on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, just after leaving Darjeeling for the trip down the mountain. The people waiting along the track will jump back on the train, as I did.
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Mike Tisdale
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Empire Builder at Minot, ND. Amtrak 296 led the train.
I rode the Builder coming home from visiting my wife's family in Florida and New Jersey in 1988 23 July 1988
Mike Tisdale
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July 20, 1983??
UP 3772's caboose heads west to the Nevada night
in Wendover, Utah.
Mike Tisdale
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Re: Downtown Sacramento 1880s monument - CP RR
Mike, ? See the first post on this page.? https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?t=75818 ? Phil Burton ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Tisdale via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2022 8:50 PM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ObservationCar] Downtown Sacramento 1880s monument - CP RR? I think that is in Plaza Park, facing J St across from City Hall, Sacramento.? I believe it is the monument to A J Stevens, CPRR master mechanic.? Notice that the engine has Stevens valve gear. On Saturday, July 16, 2022, 08:11:05 PM PDT, Phil Burton <philip-b@...> wrote: From a friend who lives there. ? ?
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Re: Downtown Sacramento 1880s monument - CP RR
I think that is in Plaza Park, facing J St across from City Hall, Sacramento.? I believe it is the monument to A J Stevens, CPRR master mechanic.? Notice that the engine has Stevens valve gear.
Thanks, Phil.
Mike Tisdale
On Saturday, July 16, 2022, 08:11:05 PM PDT, Phil Burton <philip-b@...> wrote:
From a friend who lives there. ? ?
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Downtown Sacramento 1880s monument - CP RR
From a friend who lives there. ? ?
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As the KMNOA cleared, a Sacramento-bound Capitol arrived. I wished i was getting on it to go home rather than having to drive back, but we needed the car to get Elzabeth to the airport in time earlier that day.
That is the DPU of the KMNOA (Stack train, Marion, Arkansas to Oakland). The train had come to the Bay Area via Altamont Pass and Niles Canyon and would turn north on the Mulford Line to complete its run to Oakland.
The Capitol is running San Jose to Sacramento
Fremont, California
3 July 2015
Mike Tisdale
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MacArthur station, Oakland, California, BART trains
The University of California, Berkeley campanile can be seen to the left of the train in the middle of the photo.
Mac Arthur is a transfer point between BART routes. 14 July 2018
Mike Tisdale
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West Oakland Wednesday, 2015
West Oakland, California coach yard at sunset.
13 July 2015
Mike Tisdale
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San Joaquin Detour Tuesday, 2016
San Joaquin 701 behind 2005 passing the Sacramento WP depot.
Amtrak was detouring on the ex-WP Sacramento Sub between Sacramento and Stockton, California due to trackwork on the normal route, the ex-SP Fresno Sub.
Mike Tisdale
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Serpentine Canyon Sunday, 1987
July 3, 1987?
Feather River Canyon: UP 3808 east at Serpentine Canyon, near Rich Bar, California. That is a slide detector fence on the left side of the track
Mike Tisdale
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The ATSF and SP crossing, Stockton Diamonds, in Stockton, California.
In 1983, SP had 4 tracks here. The UP, former WP crossing of the ATSF was behind me.
Today, the WP crossing is gone and the ex-SP line is down to 2 tracks here. But, it is still a busy place to watch trains. I only wish I'd hung out here more in SP, WP and ATSF days. 4 July 1983
Mike Tisdale
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Santa Barbara Friday, 2012
The northbound Coast Starlight as seen through the arches of the Santa Barbara, California station
1 July 2012
Mike Tisdale
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PCC 1076 as seen from PCC 1080 on Market Street.
San Francisco, California
6 July 2017
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Rhein River Tuesday, 1984
A Class 110 on a D-Zug (long distance express) at Heimberg, Germany. The red dining car is lettered Alpen-See Express.
The train is northbound on the west bank of the Rhein River.
I was riding a cruise boat between Wiesbaden and Koblenz. 11 Sept 1984
Mike Tisdale
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American Freedom Train for the 4th, 1975
The American Freedom Train behind 4449 and 3 SSW SD45T-2s in Sacramento River Canyon, between Dunsmuir and Redding, California.
November 1975
Mike Tisdale
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Re: FW: From CNN: How a train fan solved a real life Orient Express mystery
Thank you, Phil.
I really enjoyed that.??
How a 1970s Orient Express excursion consist wound up in eastern Poland is a story in itself.? I'm glad someone is running luxury Orient Express re-creations.? From the context of the article, I'm guessing the Venice-Simplon Orient Express was a victim of Covid, if it was not discontinued earlier.?
I rode what was left of the "real" Orient Express from Munich to Paris in March 1980.? In 1977, the train had been cut back to Bucharest from Istanbul, but even then, I think only a couple of cars went all the way between Paris and Istanbul.? By 1980, the Orient Express was just another long distance European express with some cars going all the way and others being cut or added en route.? It was overnight Munich-Paris, so any diner that might have been on it during the day was cut for the night portion of the trip and it probably got a couple of extra sleepers and couchettes for the night run.
Arrival and departure board in Munich.? 12 minutes for the train to arrive, have the arriving engine and any cars uncoupled, new cars and the departing engine coupled, brake hoses hooked up, and ready to leave.? The arrangement of the consist is on the right.??
Arrival in Paris,
Here is the Orient Express a couple of weeks later outside of Vienna.? I got both the eastbound and westbound trains.
Eastbound at Tullernach, Austria.??
There was a bend next to the track at Tullernach, convenient for railfans  Westbound Orient Express, also at Tullernach, Austria.? That little path was handy for train watching.
Mike Tisdale
On Monday, July 4, 2022, 06:28:30 AM PDT, mrncartoon via groups.io <mrncartoon@...> wrote:
Excellent post! Thank you for this link. Larry Miller III
On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 10:57:45 PM CDT, Phil Burton <philip-b@...> wrote:
A bit different than the usual posting here, but still fascinating. ? From a non-railfan friend who knows my mania for trains. ? Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2022 5:26 AM
To: Phil Burton <philip-b@...>
Subject: From CNN: How a train fan solved a real life Orient Express mystery ? How a train fan solved a real life Orient Express mystery
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Re: FW: From CNN: How a train fan solved a real life Orient Express mystery
Excellent post! Thank you for this link. Larry Miller III
On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 10:57:45 PM CDT, Phil Burton <philip-b@...> wrote:
A bit different than the usual posting here, but still fascinating. ? From a non-railfan friend who knows my mania for trains. ? Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2022 5:26 AM
To: Phil Burton <philip-b@...>
Subject: From CNN: How a train fan solved a real life Orient Express mystery ? How a train fan solved a real life Orient Express mystery
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