Amtrak #6 at Cisco, California. The lead F40 is in its original paint. Note the engineer waving.
I'm not sure if the train was the San Francisco Zephyr or California Zephyr at this point. The Rio Grande's line was closed in March 1983 by the Thistle, Utah mudslide and the Zephyr stayed on the UP through Wyoming a few months longer than planned, until the Rio Grande line was open again. Amtrak renamed the SFZ to the CZ about the time it started running on the Rio Grande, but nearly 40 years later, I don't recall quite when that was.
"With the departures from each end on July 15, 1983, it became the California Zephyr, and the next day became the first Amtrak trains over the new route."
So update your records accordingly.
BH
On Monday, March 28, 2022, 10:50:29 PM PDT, Mike Tisdale via groups.io <tisdalem2001@...> wrote:
Amtrak #6 at Cisco, California. The lead F40 is in its original paint. Note the engineer waving.
I'm not sure if the train was the San Francisco Zephyr or California Zephyr at this point. The Rio Grande's line was closed in March 1983 by the Thistle, Utah mudslide and the Zephyr stayed on the UP through Wyoming a few months longer than planned, until the Rio Grande line was open again. Amtrak renamed the SFZ to the CZ about the time it started running on the Rio Grande, but nearly 40 years later, I don't recall quite when that was.
