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Re: Today's SB Coast Starlight

Author: OPRRMS

Date: 06-06-2011 - 13:15

wsabo Wrote:
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> I just saw the Southbound Coast Starlight pulling
> out of Oakland Amtrak Yard at about 9:30 a.m.
> after waiting for a sb Capitol corridor train it
> followed the Capitol Corridor train on to the
> mainline . Should be leaving Oakland Jack London
> station soon
>
> I could see some passengers in the sleepers and
> lounge
>
> Train has PVs Patron Tequila observation, Rio
> Grande Southern and Milwaukee Road Super Domes and
> Caritas in that order on rear of train Some
> passengers riding Caritas. I think those cars were
> on weekend excursion train
>
> Anyone know what happened? train was apparently in
> the yard for awhile with cars being switched
> around before it headed south.

As others have mentioned, the cars were added in the Kirkham Street yard, which is a common procedure.

The Patron Tequila came up on Sunday's 14. The others were from the Northern California Explorer (or whatever they called it) excursion.

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Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
Today's SB Coast Starlight	wsabo	06-06-2011 - 09:42
Re: Today's SB Coast Starlight	stash	06-06-2011 - 12:05
Re: Today's SB Coast Starlight	Tom McCann	06-06-2011 - 12:36
Re: Today's SB Coast Starlight	Bingo	06-07-2011 - 20:31
Re: Today's SB Coast Starlight	BIngo	06-07-2011 - 20:32
Re: Today's SB Coast Starlight	OPRRMS	06-06-2011 - 13:15
Re: Today's SB Coast Starlight	wsabo	06-06-2011 - 17:12
Re: Today's SB Coast Starlight	MP 44.7	06-06-2011 - 21:15
Re: Today's SB Coast Starlight	Craig Tambo	06-07-2011 - 01:05
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OPRRMS Wrote:
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> wsabo Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I just saw the Southbound Coast Starlight
> pulling
> > out of Oakland Amtrak Yard at about 9:30 a.m.
> > after waiting for a sb Capitol corridor train
> it
> > followed the Capitol Corridor train on to the
> > mainline . Should be leaving Oakland Jack
> London
> > station soon
> > 
> > I could see some passengers in the sleepers and
> > lounge
> > 
> > Train has PVs Patron Tequila observation, Rio
> > Grande Southern and Milwaukee Road Super Domes
> and
> > Caritas  in that order on rear of train Some
> > passengers riding Caritas. I think those cars
> were
> > on weekend excursion train
> > 
> > Anyone know what happened? train was apparently
> in
> > the yard for awhile with cars being switched
> > around before it headed south.
> 
> As others have mentioned, the cars were added in
> the Kirkham Street yard, which is a common
> procedure.
> 
> The Patron Tequila came up on Sunday's 14.  The
> others were from the Northern California Explorer
> (or whatever they called it) excursion.

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