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Re: Off to the races!
Author: cpvp761
Date: 09-20-2012 - 08:49

Marty Bernard Wrote:
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> Want to bet the conductors/engineers/dispatcher
> planned this? Or where is the Amtrak
> photographer? I wonder if they crossed the
> bridges side by side. Is that possible signal and
> track wise? Thanks for posting these neat
> pictures? What's that construction to the left?

It is possible to have the Starlight and Builder side by side between Portland and the Vancouver Amtrak Depot if there is no opposing BNSF/UP traffic in the way...I've seen it done countless times before. However, yesterday (when these photos were taken) Amtrak 14 got ahead of the Builder and switched tracks (so 14 and the Builder were on the same track, Main 2) at North Portland Junction which is located a mile (+/-) before the Columbia River Draw Bridge.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Off to the races! Pilawt 09-19-2012 - 18:41
  Re: Off to the races! Marty Bernard 09-20-2012 - 05:01
  Re: Off to the races! Pilawt 09-20-2012 - 06:33
  Re: Off to the races! cpvp761 09-20-2012 - 08:49
  Re: Off to the races! Mistertower 09-20-2012 - 19:42
  Re: Off to the races! Tom McCann 09-21-2012 - 08:33
  Re: Off to the races! Q 09-21-2012 - 10:16


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