Amtrak Cardinal #51 with 2 Private Cars Races CSX Q130 1/2/09

Amtrak's westbound Cardinal arrived behind P42DC #11, with the private cars "Oliver Hazard Perry" and "Birch Grove on the rear. As #51 departs, an intermodal behind ES44DC #5246 approaches on track 2, and the two trains race each other out of the station.

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[Trainlover4ever2006]

The Cardinal is basicly another Lake Shore Limited...but it starts at D.C and the Lake Shore Starts at NY Penn.

[Amtrak839]

@Trainlover4ever2006 The Cardinal runs NYP-CHI. That's why it uses single level equipment. It has nothing in common with the Lake Shore, other than the endpoints, and some of the same equipment. They are very different trains.

[amtrk128]

were is this at?

[Amtrak839]

Alexandria, Virginia

[amtrakrailfan]

can you make another video with the cardinal b/c there is not any new video's of the cardinal and it boring watching old videos( this is the best vid of the cardinal yet) 5 ***** and subscribing

[Amtrak839]

Haha, thank you very much! I actually caught 50 the other night. Not the best video ever, but I plan to upload it anyway. That should be up later today, or possibly tomorrow.

[pete5668]

good thing they were on different tracks :)

[Amtrak839]

@hlevi3340 161.550  That's CSX Road from DC to at least Richmond

[08reed]

The Cardinal looks to me like a scaled down version of the Lake Shore Limited or Silver Star.

[Trainlover4ever2006]

I saw the Cardinal in 1996 and it had Superliner equipment.