What exactly is that train? It's looks really cool, diesel, etc... And pictures of the side of it? Paint scheme is really cool! I have no knowledge of real trains to be honest. Well I know what oli.org is now Cool!
The loco was second power on a train that came into the station a day or two before. The car behind it is a private charter railcar - the Catalpa Falls. They had pulled to the Big Easy this week for a charter in conjunction with the World War II Museum. The railcar's marketing manager is a good friend and he invited me down to see him while they were here.
I finally found the images and the info on the locomotive. It's really cool looking. And apparently brand new? Great photo @Philip H ! https://media.amtrak.com/media-imag...r-of-50th-anniversary-of-operation-lifesaver/
The 203 passed north through Spartanburg, SC trailing on the Crescent this morning at 4:12 AM. Cold morning in Spartanburg.
Just past milepost 469 in busy downtown Minot, ND just east of Soo Tower, we get a snowbank altitude-enhanced view of CP train 499 departing for Portal at last light.
So fun fact - Amtrak is currently requiring that Operation Life Saver unit to trail. They don't want it damaged in a collision.
I still consider ATK's typical power to be new, yet a lot more time has passed than I realize -- I'm guessing many are 30 years old now? Gulf Breeze, Montgomery, AL [12/24/1993]. I looked it up and P40 835 was fresh out of the box when I took this. I read that it was rebuilt about a decade ago.
The two Tuxedo shots are wonderful, Dan. Maybe about 55 years between them? And, I still haven't quite gotten used to the Amtrak locos not having a stepped nose on them like the old E units or even the modern freight units of today. Doug
I haven't loaded any photos for a long time. Was reminiscing about the Mt. Rainier Scenic which was a great place until new owners messed it up and it got shut down. this photo from a typical day there back in 2011.
That's what I guess too timewise Doug. Even through the early 1980s, the Erie main was frozen in time with lots of cool old stuff intact. Regarding Amtrak's power, I liked the SDP40Fs and F40PHs as sort of a modern E and F, but the shovel-faced "monocoque" P40s and P42s have never grown on me.
