Amtrak 6 Eastbound At Soda Springs, Most Intresting Zephyr You Will See!

[AmtrakBoys]

great catch! 5/5 &Fav!

[MarkConductor775]

The baggage, and both units should've been on the east coast.

[SF3751]

Both units? Not just 82?

[MarkConductor775]

The high-stripe thing is sort of a midwest/east coast deal.

[SF3751]

Yup, I agree. You said both, and I guess it doesn't matter where 133 is. Even though she is Coast Starlight power as I type.

[josephkennith]

cool must have been nothing left in the yard.

[SF3751]

I guess so, was really a suprise.

[cnwlover]

Weird Train!!

[SF3751]

Sure was!!!

[railroadradio]

This should win an award for 'weirdest Zephyr' consist.. When was the video taken?

[SF3751]

AAAh, lets see. Three years ago I think?

[BRIANamtrak]

WOW< NICE

[SF3751]

Thanks, a very rare site. I sent you an invite I think and subscribed I think.

[CoastStarlight11]

What is up with this train? No baggage car behind the engines, Amtrak California commuter car in with the regular coach cars, baggage car ends up being in the back with the express box cars. This is realy an odd lash up. BTW: What was that design on the baggage car?

[SF3751]

I have no clue with the baggage car paint, odd.

[CoastStarlight11]

Definatly an odd rare site. Once I shot vid of the northbound Coast Starlight just north of Salinas with two Amtrak California cars on the rear.

[SF3751]

Is that the one that goes, or leaves L.A.

[CoastStarlight11]

Coast Starlight runs between Los Angeles and Seattle.

[SF3751]

No...I know that I rode it. I chased it. which Starlight did you chase and was it the one that leaves L.A., or goes to L.A.

[CoastStarlight11]

The starlight that I did the photo shoot of that had the Amtrak California cars on the rear was the northbound Starlight train number 14 (Los Angeles to Seattle), it had left the Salinas station and was on its way to Seattle when I got the shot of it.

[SF3751]

Don't know why they where going to Seattle. Odd.

[CoastStarlight11]

The cars could have been in Los Angeles for repairs and on their way to Oakland to be dropped off.

[SF3751]

Most likly, but those where on thr rear of the train? Where there in the consist.

[CoastStarlight11]

You can see the vid that I shot of the Amtrak California cars on the rear of the starlight if you search youtube for "amtrak 14 aromas".

[SF3751]

Weird.

[CoastStarlight11]

yep, quite an odd site. First and only time I have seen that in person.

[SF3751]

ya, same here. The 2 vids of the Zephyr being pulled backwards here are my only vids of that happening.

[trainsmaniac2009]

The paint scheme on the baggage car was the Adirondack⌐.

[SF3751]

Never heard of it.

[trainsmaniac2009]

It is from the east coast. The Adirondack runs from New York City, through the Adirondack Mountains to Montreal, Canada.

[SF3751]

Cool, never heard of it. So would you say this is a rare sight?

[trainsmaniac2009]

This is a REALLY rare sight to see that out West. The only reason it might have been out there is that Amtrak probably really doesn't care no more about which baggage car goes where. That baggage car was used way back in the early 90's when they promoted that train and so no they probably just don't care.

[SF3751]

Well, with the rest of this train it just added on to the weirdness.

[trainsmaniac2009]

They also have a baggage car painted for the Vermonter, a route through Massachusetts and Vermont; also for the Downeaster, a route through Massachusetts, New England, and Maine. Those cars have, I think, no since been painted into the Phase IV paint scheme.