ACS-64 Heads Up

[Ryan]

Except when they're coming from CA

 

[west point]

Don't be too sure where they can run. It could be one of the last ones might take a jaunt on Denver's RTD. The east line is now energized.

 

[Acela150]

Don't be too sure where they can run. It could be one of the last ones might take a jaunt on Denver's RTD. The east line is now energized.

Why? RTD has an order for Hyundai Rotem cars similar to Septa SL V's. Let alone push pull sets.

 

[Agent]

AMTK 656 is reported heading east on Amtrak #6(30) and AMTK 655 is following on #6(31).

 

[AmtrakBlue]

AMTK 656 is reported heading west on Amtrak #6(30) and AMTK 655 is following on #6(31).

East

 

[Agent]

Amtrak #6(30) came through Iowa today running just under three hours late with AMTK 656 and, as a surprise to me, the private car Cripple Creek.

 

[TylerP42]

Wasn't on today's 30 CL.

 

[Railroad Bill]

We just returned from Denver and were on the CZ with 656. CZ arrived several hours late into Chicago and we had only about an hour before #30 left last night. 656 was still sitting in the Amtrak yards hooked up with 6 as we left CUS. That private car coupling cost us an extra hour in DEN

 

[neroden]

Surprised to see they're still using Heritage baggage cars on #6....

 

[Agent]

Wasn't on today's 30 CL.

I don't believe an ACS-64 has ever left Chicago the same day it arrived there.

 

[Bob Dylan]

Yep, with the bad OTP of #6 this summer and the "crack" Chicago yard gangs (in)ability to get the equipment out on time, the layover in CHI makes sense!

 

[Thirdrail7]

Wasn't on today's 30 CL.

I don't believe an ACS-64 has ever left Chicago the same day it arrived there.

Typically, they aren't scheduled to leave on the same day they arrived.

 

[Agent]

Amtrak #6(31) with AMTK 655 yesterday running on time at Fraser, Colorado taken by YouTube user Michael DeMarco.

 

[Agent]

Saw AMTK 655 in Ottumwa this morning. #6(31) was just forty-four minutes late out of Ottumwa. Sounded like the outbound engineer was in a good mood.

 

[TylerP42]

655 was sent out on the 30 the same day it came in according to reports.

 

[Agent]

Amtrak #30(03) left Chicago with an ACS-64 and Phase I anniversary unit AMTK 156. It was reported here that the electric was AMTK 655.

http://youtu.be/sd4kuoKPMtU

 

[Agent]

AMTK 657 is going east on Amtrak #6(19).

 

[Agent]

AMTK 658 is on Amtrak #6(20) as seen in this video from California Zephyr Productions.

 

[Agent]

Running nine minutes behind schedule, Amtrak #6(19) is seen passing through the countryside west of Batavia, Iowa with AMTK 657.

 

[Agent]

I saw AMTK 658 on Amtrak #6(20) earlier today west of Chillicothe, Iowa. You can see the train go from the eastbound track to the westbound track so it can pass a coal train in about thirty miles.

 

[CCC1007]

Do you mean 658?

 

[Agent]

Do you mean 658?

Yes.

 

[Agent]

I was surprised by AMTK 659 on Amtrak #6(26) this morning at Agency, Iowa. I was also surprised by the sight of a second sightseer lounge, and I was surprised by the private cars Chapel Hill and Adirondack Club.

This means there are only ten Sprinters left, right?

 

[neroden]

This means there are only ten Sprinters left, right?

Yeah. Rumor has it they will skip #666. (Disappointing to some of us. )

 

[CHamilton]

Yeah. Rumor has it they will skip #666. (Disappointing to some of us. )

Don't laugh. I know of a nonprofit that almost went under after they announced that their PO Box had that number. Major donors threatened to pull out, so they had to quickly change their address.