Recent content by abqdave

I am confused, too, I have never seen Amtrak leave Superliner cars here before. I am not sure if they were part of today's SWC or not, but I assume they must have been, because they are here at roughly the same time the LA-bound SWC would depart here. If so, I wonder if Amtrak split the...

Strange site in ABQ this afternoon. 3 Superliners sitting at the Albuquerque station by themselves. The time is just a little later than when the SWC would have left for LA. The extra Amtrak locomotive that is stationed here is here, didn't see the 2 locomotives that usually pull the SWC, or any...

I don't know. The heritage cars were all gone Friday. I hadn't gone home thru downtown for a few days and can't verify this, but an ABQRide (city transit) driver who was also looking at the cars said they had been coming to ABQ in smaller groups over the last couple of days. There are a...

Thursday September 16 in Albuquerque...SWC, Amtrak electric car, NM Railrunner and many heritage cars Picasa photos http://picasaweb.goo...rqueSept162010# Youtube video #1

It looks like one of the west bound SWCs is a little late today. There are a lot of people standing on the platform in ABQ, usually the train has already gone through by the time I transfer city buses here...

A small train of private cars in Albuquerque today. http://picasaweb.google.com/abqdave/Amtrak...erqueJune32010#

Sorry I didn't read this until you already passed through 'burque. The Cold Stone Creamery is indeed gone, and the gelatto shop that replaced it is gone also. If future visitors want food...there is a coffee shop inside th Alvarado Transit Center (the city transit center, just north of the...

I got one also...my (Amtrak) bus at SF Shopping Center stop taking me to Emeryville changed # and is arriving 15 minutes later on Jan. 1. Also a real person. And then got a follow-up email.

NM Rail Runner will finish installing CTC by the end of this month http://www.progressiverailroading.com/news...le.asp?id=21696

Here is another site with public transit information for the Balloon Fiesta, both for the Rail Runner and ABQRide. https://www.balloonfiesta.com/?q=park_and_ride/form

Sorry the flickr link is broken...here it is again http://www.flickr.com/photos/78552528@N00/

The New Mexico Rail Runner extension to Santa Fe opened in December 2008 to enormous success. Since then more trips have been added on Saturday, more cars added to trains on popular runs, and starting in a few weeks Sunday service will start. In the last couple of months I have taken 3 trips…1...

Starting in September...7 day a week service. http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1061032.shtml?cat=500

There was a single superliner in ABQ late this afternoon. Snapped 2 quick photos: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2675/376395...0f2b3c983_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3520/376396...84d617888_o.jpg I think the locomotive it is connected to is the one that is always stationed here. I...

Today was the first day I have really felt like 'foamer' or 'railfan' or whatever term one wants to use. My interest in taking trains instead of flying or driving started May 2008 and was really prompted by my increasing efforts to lower my carbon footprint. My first Amtrak trip from ABQ to...