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Re: Has Amtrak ever been so late that......? Yes!
Author: Tom McCann
Date: 02-09-2011 - 17:01

I remember several years ago seeing a northbound Coast Starlight arriving in Portland at around midnight, about eight hours late, courtesy of both P42s going dead. The rescue power?
An entire Cascades TALGO trainset!!!

This late #14 arrived in the Rose City coupled on behind one of the TALGO sets that normally lays over at Eugene for the next day's northbound runs, #500 and #504. Upon arriving in Portland, the Cascades set cut off, and a 500-series P32-8BWH that was serving as the station "switcher" coupled on to take the Starlight the rest of the way to Seattle.

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  Has Amtrak ever been so late that......? Throttle Hogg 02-06-2011 - 20:23
  Re: Has Amtrak ever been so late that......? Tom 02-06-2011 - 22:04
  Re: Has Amtrak ever been so late that......? SP5103 02-07-2011 - 10:16
  Re: Has Amtrak ever been so late that......? Yes! TMN 02-07-2011 - 11:08
  Re: Has Amtrak ever been so late that......? Yes! TMN 02-07-2011 - 11:18
  Re: Has Amtrak ever been so late that......? Yes! SP5103 02-07-2011 - 13:13
  Re: Has Amtrak ever been so late that......? Yes! Tom McCann 02-09-2011 - 17:01


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