Apparently, this is a "premature" announcement. As of March 1 passing through Agency, Iowa per YOUTUBE videos the consists remains 2 motors, baggage, coach/baggage, coach SSL, Diner, and 2 sleepers. This is the "winter consist" same as I rode on January 24. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHqsHYH0c10 This would be the 6(28) passing through Agency Iowa March 1.Trains are back to normal beginning #5 2/25 out of CHI and #6 2/28 out of OAK, with crew cars and two coaches until April, when the CZ will get a third coach.
Consist:
2 motors
Bag car
Dorm
2 coaches
Lounge
Diner
2 sleepers
The train that came through Iowa on March 1 was #6(27). #6(28) did have the transition dormitory back when it came though yesterday, just a bit behind the smoking section.Apparently, this is a "premature" announcement. As of March 1 passing through Agency, Iowa per YOUTUBE videos the consists remains 2 motors, baggage, coach/baggage, coach SSL, Diner, and 2 sleepers. This is the "winter consist" same as I rode on January 24. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHqsHYH0c10 This would be the 6(28) passing through Agency Iowa March 1.
The Heritage baggage cars have not been used for "baggage" at all during the Winter consist time. All baggage has been hauled in the coach baggage car. Initially, the Winter consist was to be minus the baggage car and the transition crew dorm car but apparently it was decided to use the baggage car as a "separator".I wonder if use of the coach/baggage car is more about rotating regular coach cars through the shop for maintenance than for actually hauling baggage.
I also wonder if part of the reason the Heritage baggage car is still there is to provide a noise/diesel fumes buffer zone between the locos and the revenue cars.
I wonder if the same logic is part of the reason for the location of the Transition sleeper in the consist.
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