George K
Conductor
Sigh...too many pictures....
Never mind.
Never mind.
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As I think I mentioned, my first Amtrak trip was in 2014 with Daughter #4 who was 26 at the time. We roomette'ed it from Chicago to Portland to San Francisco and back to Chicago. Upon our (6 hour late) return, Mrs. George looked at the photos and said, "That looks like fun. We should try it."Good stuff George, were envious!
And even though the CONO has sadly had its Service downgraded, New Orleans is worth the journey from Chicago as you know!
In that video, what structure is it that you go under between 0:09 to 0:21 in the video? I thought it was a road initially that the train was going under, but maybe it's some other type of thing that was built over the tracks there? Enjoyed reading your report, btw. I'd like to take the EB, just to do a Glacier National Park trip alone! Maybe also cut across to Waterton Lake National Park in Alberta, if whatever rental car company I used allowed for one to cross the border?Glacier:
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It appears to be a "snow shed" used in avalanche chutes to keep the tracks open in the event of an avalanche coming down that chute.Glacier:
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Gotcha. That was smart those were construction, to prevent winter service disruptions to trains on that line! Or at least reduce the chances of it happening, anyway. I guess that was constructed, back in the Great Northern Railroad days?Yes, the structure in question is a snow shed, one of several along the EB route in Glacier.
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