December Epic - promised photos

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Here are the photos I promised in my trip reports (Dec Epic part one, two and three).

On the Cap Ltd in eastern Pennsylvania:

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La Migra waiting for illegals just west of El Paso:

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Looking over the fence into Mexico from the Sunset Ltd, just west of El Paso:

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Looking over the fence into Mexico:

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Zephyr dome car at SLO. When I went to college in 1968, I rode a California Zephyr with one of these cars, and I still have photos O took of the Utah red rock desert from the dome:

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Lucky owner with his car:

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Zephyr dome:

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Going around the horseshoe bend above SLO:

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Andrej and Tatiana from Moscow enjoying the wine tasting on a tour by train. Stopping at Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle.

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PS, for camera buffs: the pix around El Paso were all taken out the Sightseer Lounge car window, with a pocket camera set for "shutter speed priority" @ 1/500th of a second. The camera was placed as close as possible to the window glass, with the flash turned off.
 
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