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Photos from the seventies

Coming and Going. Amtrak train #52, the late, lamented Floridian, rolls through Coral Ridge, Ky. August, 1976

Photos from the seventies
mikado, Jan 24, 2008
    • BoxcabE50
      Doesn't look like a lot of weed spraying happened here.

      Boxcab E50
    • mikado
      L & N wasn't very good about right of way clearing. Track wasn't the best either. Made for a rough ride at 70 MPH on Amtrak.
    • BoxcabE50
      Sounds more like a scary ride! :eek:

      Boxcab E50
    • mikado
      Wife and I were dining on the southbound train one morning. Speed limit then was 70 for passenger trains.
      A couple miles south of here there is a curve to the left and then a sharper curve right. The waiter was carrying a full breakfast tray just as we hit the first curve, he did a great balacing act, but then we hit the reverse curve. Boy, those trays sure make a lot of noise!
    • BoxcabE50
      I'll bet that waiter was one unhappy camper!

      Boxcab E50
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