Name That Station!
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Swadian Hardcore
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PDX?
oldtimer
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Toledo?
FriskyFL
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YES! We have a winner, Washington Union Station it is. :hi:
The car in Amtrak livery is car 10002, the "Corridor Clipper", one of Amtrak's track geometry inspection cars. I didn't note the name on the PV; interestingly it wasn't there when we first pulled into WAS (see below), when I snapped the picture below; after a brief stroll on the platform during our short layover for the engine swap, when I returned to our roomette about 15 minutes later & looked out the window once again, the PV had suddenly appeared. Anybody recognize this magnificent car?
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My best guess (and it is purely a guess) is that it's the Norfolk Southern "Blue Ridge" - if I zoom way in on the picture of the PV, it looks like the first letter in the name is a B, and it looks very similar to pictures of the Blue Ridge that I've been able to find online.
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Yes, that definitely resembles the car we saw, but we weren't able to see the open vestibule from our vantage point, however the color and paint scheme looks the same. My less-than-ideal smartphone camera and the less-than-sparkling Viewliner window didn't provide for the clearest image. Thanks!
Hamlet, North CarolinaHere's the next one:
Another possibility might be NS office car 'Buena Vista' ...
Hamlet is correct, your turn RampWidget!
Okay, I have a different "best guess" now
After re-looking at the Blue Ridge and re-looking at your picture, the second window from the left of your picture wasn't sitting right with me since it was noticeably shorter than others, so I was having doubts that it was the Blue Ridge. I also noticed that the car number of Blue Ridge was ME 101, and it looked like the car in your photo had an "NS" number, so I pretty much threw out the idea of it being Blue Ridge.
I also didn't think it was Buena Vista, as I wasn't really seeing the tiered window pattern that both sides of the Buena Vista seem to have on the back end.
So I'm glad my OCD kicked in
And a page full of pictures of NS 32: http://www.rrpicture...e.aspx?id=28346
Nope, but you're on the right TRACK. :giggle:
Swadian Hardcore
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Mount Pleasant, IA
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Yep, that's it. Again, I nice traditional small-town station, but could really use some TLC.
Ocala Mike
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Wasn't paying attention, or would have got that one. Left from there back in 2006 for our trip MTP-SLC in a CZ bedroom. You're right about the TLC needed.
Swadian Hardcore
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Can we keep this rolling? I want to but I don't have an account on a photo-sharing website. Sorry for the delayed response, I didn't realize I was holding it down.
Sure! This one may have been posted before - I don't remember - but this view is one you won't see from the train.
Marshall, TX it is! That track in the foreground is a freight line heading east. A tunnel takes travelers from the parking area, under the track, to the station. The TE, turning north, runs on the other side of the station.
amtrakwolverine
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Glenwood Springs?
