What was on the end of the CL? Looks like a couple of dome cars???
Yes 2 dome cars. I have some close-up shots of them here... http://www.pbase.com/terry434/trains
Long way from home - I just saw Northern Sky in Milwaukee. I think that is the home base.
With the trans/dorm clearly connected to the baggage car at the front of the train, I would tend to think that the dome's had no connection to the rest of the train. The odds of Amtrak adding a second trans/dorm, the only car in Amtrak's fleet that is capable of mating a single level car on one end and a bi-level car on the other end, are extremely high. Amtrak doesn't have that many trans/dorms to go around, so most are needed for the crew in daily service.
So, what unusual happened on that day? Was it the existence of private cars?
rmadisonwi, What was unusual was that Amtrak did not make it's stop at Harpers Ferry. It stops here twice a day every day but while the parking lot is being redone there is no passenger service. That includes the 4 or 5 MARC commuter trains that stop everyday Monday thru Friday. So it was a very unusual sight to see.
Well had the domes been put up front or had Amtrak put the trans/dorm as the last Superliner car, then the domes would have had access to the rest ot the train.
