Best of Amtrak 2009

2009 is not over, but I am done railfanning for the year, so we have this - EDIT: since posting this video, we got a foot and a half of snow here in northern Virginia, so I made an unplanned trip to Alexandria. Any worthy shots from that trip will be included in the Best of Amtrak 2010 video. This year's Best of Amtrak will be the only 1 (no more ridiculous 4 part series like last year), and will feature only Amtrak (except for 1 CSX manifest running alongside Amtrak 51).

Trains:

January 2, Alexandria, VA:
1. P051, the Cardinal, with private cars Oliver Hazard Perry and Birch Grove
2. P092, the Silver Star
3. P091, the Silver Star, with P32-8BWH #512 as the trailing unit

January 4, Woodbridge,VA:
P092, the Silver Star

April 8, Alexandria, VA:
P051, the Cardinal, with car #8400, the Viewliner Diner, deadheading to Beech Grove for refurbishment

April 10, Alexandria, VA:
1. P051, the Cardinal, running alongside CSXT Q409
2. P019, the Crescent

May 24, Woodbridge, VA:
P053, the Auto Train

May 31, Kenginton, MD:
P029, the Capitol Limited

July 3, Alexandria, VA:
P095, Northeast Regional

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[CSXKid5016]

P092 is the Silver Star. Not a Northeast Regional.

[Amtrak839]

Typo, my bad. Thanks for pointing that out.

[5521Brite]

Viewliner Diner....weird...never seen THAT before.

[Amtrak839]

It had been in storage for about 8 years. That was it's first and only time out since around 2001.  It's in the Beech Grove Shops now. Should be going into service on the Lake Shore Limited at some point.

[UPHeritage]

Nice catches Peter. Best of luck to you for rare catches next year.

[Amtrak839]

Thank you, it should be an interesting year.

[traindude80]

Very nice! Loved the CSX an Amtrak race! Keep up the good work!

[languagenut5]

I wish I could take an Amtrak trip, but I'm too nervous to do it. :(

[InappropriateGesture]

I REALLY FIND YOUR VIDEOS LAKEING

[kenjr29mfl]

Great collection of videos. 5*****

[mista7foot]

P092 is a every day catch for us railfanners in Plant City!!! Awesome Video!!! 5* * * * *

[CSXKid5016]

You're Welcome!

[FloridaTrainKid]

Very nice video! Looks like you caught plenty of interesting things this year.

[Trainlover4ever2006]

I like how you caught the Cardinal with a Private car.