Sat. 8/11 Waited in the Austin Station for 2 Hours/AC out on 103 Degree Day! #421 Late due to Heartland Flyer Late into FTW from OKC!!Full Train, usual Announcements about EVERY Seat will be Filled! Consist: Engine/Transdorm/2 Coaches/Diner (CCC)/Lounge/Coach/ Revenue Sleeper! Boarded #421 Sleeper(Old Unrehabbed SLI,but Clean and Everything Worked! ), Room#9, SCA Jose, (Extra Board/First time to have him) sent us to the Diner (CCC) for Last Call Dinner!!! Crab Cakes, not good, had much better on other Trains!! Made regular stop in SMC, then into SAS, Loooong Loop around West Side (past the beautiful old Great Northern Station which is now a Credit Union!), backed into the Sunset Station, hit the Stops @ 10PM, only 5 minutes down! Large crowd waiting on #1/#421 in Amshak and Platform, about 100 got off in SAS!
#1, the Sunset Ltd from NOL arrived about 12:30AM, 30 minutes down!Our new SCA named Rene for the SAS-LAX run came aboard, Id seen him before on #1! I had de-boarded to watch Switching/Grab Snack @ Dennys! GF stayed aboard to sleep, we had kept the Power on while sitting attached to #21/#421.! ^_^ Our Sleeper was then cut off along with the #421 Coach, hauled to the yards up the tracks, then the Coach was Cut loose, backed into #1, then we were similarily moved which meant this was a Double Switch in order to get the #421 Sleeper on the rear of #1! This was done very quickly, and the Bumps were pretty hard when connecting to #1!!! (my GF said it was Very Hard!) I then boarded the Sleeper and went to Sleep (my turn in the Coffin), we rolled out on time @ 2:45AM Heading West towards LAX!! The Consist of #1 was:
Engines (#2),Baggage car, Transdorm, #1 Revenue Sleeper, 2 Coaches, Diner, Lounge, Coach and #421 Sleeper carrying the Markers!
#1, the Sunset Ltd from NOL arrived about 12:30AM, 30 minutes down!Our new SCA named Rene for the SAS-LAX run came aboard, Id seen him before on #1! I had de-boarded to watch Switching/Grab Snack @ Dennys! GF stayed aboard to sleep, we had kept the Power on while sitting attached to #21/#421.! ^_^ Our Sleeper was then cut off along with the #421 Coach, hauled to the yards up the tracks, then the Coach was Cut loose, backed into #1, then we were similarily moved which meant this was a Double Switch in order to get the #421 Sleeper on the rear of #1! This was done very quickly, and the Bumps were pretty hard when connecting to #1!!! (my GF said it was Very Hard!) I then boarded the Sleeper and went to Sleep (my turn in the Coffin), we rolled out on time @ 2:45AM Heading West towards LAX!! The Consist of #1 was:
Engines (#2),Baggage car, Transdorm, #1 Revenue Sleeper, 2 Coaches, Diner, Lounge, Coach and #421 Sleeper carrying the Markers!
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