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One of these days, I'll remember not to ask questions like "Is it my imagination."

I wonder if BNSF is going to make Amtrak start running 3 units on that train again, even WITH a protect unit in Albuquerque. Is it my imagination, or are we getting into another rash of P42 failures? :help:

I've read elsewhere that this #4 had at least one of its P42s fail. Don't know where, nor do I know how long it took them to either fix the Amtrak unit, or get a BNSF unit. If they got a BNSF unit, they'll lose some time because of freight-unit speeds. EDIT: ETA Topeka 5:35PM. (Train was...

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Thanks! I'll give that a try. :)

I'm trying to get photos posted, but Photobucket will not cooperate. :angry: I'll try something else. I was unable to get the special's departure from Topeka this morning (Thursday, January 10th), due to poor weather and lack of sleep. I assume it left on time at 8:00. Perhaps someone...

I have photos, but can't figure out how to post them. Probably because it's 3:14AM, and I'm sleep-deprived. :( Will try later.

I forgot about that. Sorry. :(

It was on Trainorders. Try this link: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2963170 If the link doesn't work, the thread is in the "Western Railroads" section. Photos were posted by a guy whose screen name is "Aussiehinz", and he lives just south of Chicago Union Station, in one...

Today's (1/9) #3 is reported out of Chicago on time, and should be somewhere in central Illinois at this hour. Has anyone seen the train? I'm assuming AMTK 156 is in the power (leading?), since it's scheduled to lead this special train out of Topeka tomorrow morning. I still hope to get...

I'm surprised to hear of the Chief running 90mph in Illinois... thought Illinois was 79mph max. Bet he was speeding! :) I last rode the Chief in December 2007 from Topeka (KS) to Flagstaff (AZ) and back. The speeds in western Kansas and eastern Colorado had not yet been downgraded to 60...

I live in Topeka. I'll try to get some pictures tomorrow morning.

Time change?

I forgot about the maintenance issue. Last I'd heard, BNSF had downgraded that long stretch between Newton (KS) and LaJunta (CO) to 60mph. Has it been downgraded again? When I rode through there in December 2007, when the train was still allowed to do 79mph through there, it was a rough ride.

Are you talking about Ellinor, KS? Does that part of the Transcon bypass Wichita?

The train would take the former Santa Fe's Southern District. Newton, KS, would be the split point. Westbound, the train would turn south at Newton, heading to Wichita. A few miles south of Wichita, at Mulvane, KS, the route splits again. The "fork" to the left (east) takes you through...

That's the way I remember those signs for the Cafe. Hadn't thought of them in a long time.

I read on a different discussion board that only the Hutchinson-LaJunta segment had been downgraded. The train still runs 90 in Missouri, I'm told, and I'm betting it still runs 90 between Dalies (NM) and Barstow (CA). (Perhaps LaJunta-Trinidad is still 90???) I'll be on this train in a...