Amtrak trains going through Alpine, Texas.

[AmericanPride1234]

I'll. be on Amtrak this Monday labor day.

[DeMoNGiRl754]

i miss alpine now T.T, i rode one of those trains from alpine to austin to go home. i miss being there

[JuliaB1955]

Viva Terlingua...and Alpine!

[MungoPoPo]

Awesome video and the power and whistles rock! T.C. 5-9-2010

[92ignoto]

Why the american trains are all (acela line is exluded) by diesel?

[75249]

@92ignoto When the it was time to replace steam we chose diesel and most of the rest of the world went electric. Now it is much harder to change from diesel to electric.

[92ignoto]

thank you! I thinked what this choose was about low price of oil in USA.

However In Europe the oil its more expensive as eletric!

[75249]

@92ignoto That was part of it. Very little diesel was used in the US until the railroads started using it. It was much cheaper the first 5 or so years. Now electric is probably cheaper, but the high cost of building catenary and other electrical equipment makes it too expensive for all but the most heavily used lines. That's why it works well on the NEC but not many other places.

[92ignoto]

Yes in fact where I live(Italy the few diesel railways aren't changed to eletric for high cost because the governament (the railnetwork have the half owner ship) spent a lot of money for high speed line and modernization of old high speed line Florence-Rome.

[bearlysure]

I've ridden the 'Sunset Limited' both on the SP pre-Amtrak and Amtrak. On one of my trips on the SP back in the 1960s, it had 20+ cars and 5 diesel engines -- very impressive and great fun.

[trainfreak7745]

have any of you ever been on the wolverine trains??

[ficara]

Nice -- I rode this train through Alpine yesterday.

[panamcunard]

My father Use to ride the SUNSET LIMITED when he was young, but back then it was a Southern Pacific train.

The SUNSET LIMITED start in Los Angeles by the way.

[supergril12]

i live In Alpine and ive rode those b4 !

[amtrakboy93]

the sunset limited serves Alpine Texas, 3 times a week each direction.

[kmothersil]

SUNSET LIMITED right?

[prfsnlwannabe]

Yep, the thrice-weekly train that runs through Alpine is definitely the Sunset Limited.