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Re: Empire Builder switching in Spokane
Author: Dmac844
Date: 07-15-2015 - 14:09

Thanks Matt for the explanation. It sounds like it would difficult to have both #7 and #8 in the station at the same time.

Back in the 80s when I lived in Salt Lake and the Desert Wind and Pioneer both were split off the California Zephyr at Salt Lake City there was quite a bit of switching involved, especially when Amtrak used the Union Pacific depot before moving over to the Rio Grande depot. I am guessing that it was the most complicated mid-trip switching that has ever been done by Amtrak, but perhaps someone can nominate another Amtrak-era switching move for that honor?

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  Empire Builder switching in Spokane Dmac844 07-14-2015 - 21:50
  Re: Empire Builder switching in Spokane Matt Farnsworth 07-14-2015 - 23:03
  Re: Empire Builder switching in Spokane Lost Cat 07-15-2015 - 00:43
  Re: Empire Builder switching in Spokane Erik H. 07-18-2015 - 06:17
  Re: Empire Builder switching in Spokane Dmac844 07-15-2015 - 14:09
  Re: Empire Builder switching in Spokane George Andrews 07-15-2015 - 15:58


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