Re: Amtrak Superliner Sightseer Lounge Car!!!
Author: Peter G K Warner
Date: 08-04-2016 - 20:36
YES, THIS IS CONFIRMED BY ANOTHER POSTER AS SEEN ABOVE!
I SAW AMTRAK #777 AROUND NOON IN SAN DIEGO, AND I RACED HOME TO TELL YOU ALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MY COMPUTER WOULDN'T START SO THAT'S WHY I WAS 7 HOURS LATE.
NOW IT'S WORKING BETTER AGAIN.
COASTER 3001! AND COASTER 3002! ARE ALSO WORKING COASTER TRAINS.
I SAW THEM IN THE LAYOVER YARD THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY LOOK TIRED AND NEEDING A NEW PAINT COAT.
I ALSO SAW AMTRAK PACIFIC SURFLINER COACH 6403!
THAT'S MY FAVORITE COACH, IT'S YOUR FAVORITE AS WELL I'M SURE.
I THEN RODE AMTRAK #579 WITH CONDUCTOR BILL TO FULLERTON.
THERE I SAW A METROLINK LOCOMOTIVE!
THEN I GOT ON METROLINK #606 AND HEADED BACK HOME.
CONDUCTOR ANTHONY WAS MY CONDUCTOR, AND HE TOLD ME THE NEW EMD METROLINK TIER 4 F125 LOCOMOTIVE WILL BE SENT TO COASTER!
METROLINK IS NOT HAPPY WITH IT.
COASTER HAS TAKEN INTEREST!
IT WILL BE NUMBERED 4001!
I'M REALLY EXCITED.
HE SAID AUGUST 8TH WILL THE THE FIRST DAY OF TESTING.
TESTING WILL CONCLUDE AUGUST 10TH.
THE UNIT WILL THEN RUN DEADHEAD FROM COASTER'S STUART MESA MAINTIENCE FACILITY TO METROLINK'S CMF ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 11TH.
CONDUCTOR ANTHONY TOLD ME THIS.
SORRY MY CAPS LOCK IS STUCK.