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Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass?
Author: OTN
Date: 01-13-2019 - 14:58
I already know Wrote:
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> I was curious if Amtrak ever used the old Donner
> Summit track 1, because it would seem to add extra
> time to the trip.
>
> I just found a photo of it. So obviously it
> happened, and probably routinely.
>
> [psrhs.org]
> mit-track-1/
> [psrhs.org].
> jpg
>
> [psrhs.org]
> 1_w.jpg
The Mountain Dispatcher used the Norden #1 track at his discretion any time for all trains from amtracks orgin in 1971 until the #1 track was eliminated by the D&RG ruling class after 1988.
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> I was curious if Amtrak ever used the old Donner
> Summit track 1, because it would seem to add extra
> time to the trip.
>
> I just found a photo of it. So obviously it
> happened, and probably routinely.
>
> [psrhs.org]
> mit-track-1/
> [psrhs.org].
> jpg
>
> [psrhs.org]
> 1_w.jpg
The Mountain Dispatcher used the Norden #1 track at his discretion any time for all trains from amtracks orgin in 1971 until the #1 track was eliminated by the D&RG ruling class after 1988.
