Recent content by al1218

Steve4031, Yes, it was a fun trip even with the delays caused by Onion Pacific. Although it was raining and/or overcast all day, the scenery was incredible...especially in the Feather River Canyon. No wonder the original Cal Zephyr was such a hit.....now if only we'd had Budd domes!!!! :D

I always thought that the "Pepsi Cans" looked good and I miss that scheme when seeing the P32's in the Phase IV scheme. They don't look so bad in the Amtrak California scheme either. The Phase V, Shamoo scheme only looks when viewed from directly headon, at least to me. Won't comment on the...

On May 2nd, the northbound Coast Starlight was delayed by a stalled vehicle at a railroad crossing within sight of Oakland's Jack London Square Station for nearly 4 hours. Union Pacific insisted on having the vehicle searched and their track inspected causing the delay. Eyewitnesses stated that...