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Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough
Author: Nick Wolters
Date: 12-02-2021 - 08:25

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Two twenty-four year old General Electric P42DC’s charge through Elkhorn Slough at forty-seven miles per hour with Amtrak Train 14. With the station stop at Salinas well in the rear view mirror, AMTK 78 is in prime form seventy-four minutes before sunset.

In late June, the Lava Fire in Siskiyou County scorched a vital trestle at Hotlum, CA on Union Pacific's Black Butte Subdivision. All rail movements along UP's "I-5 Corridor" were suspended for a few weeks including Amtrak's Coast Starlight service. Because of this, Amtrak was unable to operate over its entire route between Los Angeles and Seattle. The passenger carrier therefore opted to run Train 14 between LA and Sacramento, covering just 40% of its customary route miles. That is the explanation for the shorter-than-usual consist in this photo.

-Nick

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough Nick Wolters 12-02-2021 - 08:25
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough FUD 12-02-2021 - 09:00
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-Great shot, and a "short lining the route"? BOB2 12-02-2021 - 09:30
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-Great shot, and a "short lining the route"? R Ruiz 12-02-2021 - 11:32
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-Great shot, and a "short lining the route"? Sgt. Joe Friday 12-02-2021 - 12:35
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-Great shot, and a "short lining the route"? Dr Zarkoff 12-02-2021 - 12:43
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-The Short History of the Coast Ghost? BOB2 12-02-2021 - 13:32
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-The Short History of the Coast Ghost? Sgt. Joe Friday 12-02-2021 - 14:48
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-The Short History of the Coast Ghost? david vartanoff 12-02-2021 - 22:05
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-The Short History of the Coast Ghost? FUD 12-04-2021 - 08:37
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-The Short History of the Coast Ghost? Ghost of D.J. Russell 12-05-2021 - 08:41
  Elkhorn Slough- Coast Ghost? It ran LA-Sacramento overnight until December 1960. Phantom Charles Luce 12-05-2021 - 23:54
  Re: Elkhorn Slough- Coast Ghost? It ran LA-Sacramento overnight until December 1960. Craig Tambo 12-08-2021 - 16:52
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-The Short History of the Coast Ghost? Craig Tambo 12-02-2021 - 18:13
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-Great shot, and a "short lining the route"? Sgt. Joe Friday 12-02-2021 - 12:25
  Re: Sacramento-bound Starlight at Elkhorn Slough-Great shot, and a "short lining the route"? George Andrews 12-02-2021 - 17:59
  Smug Toad Little miss no name 12-02-2021 - 09:59


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