It does not appear that I will be able to observe #6(8) passing MP 18.34; as of a few moments ago, the website reports it as 2'19" late which would put it by here at roundly 6PM.
Ol' Sol has gone to bed by then!
I'll have to give #5(11) "the old college try".
Posted by smitty195 (Member # 5102) on :
Who is Ol' Sol? Is that you? If so....are you really in bed by 6PM? What about all of the good prime-time TV shows?? Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Sol LATIN = Sun English.
But by no means do I keep the hours that some at these Forums seem to; case in point the number of postings I note timed at 2AM or thereabouts.
Posted by smitty195 (Member # 5102) on :
Same in Espaņol. Okay, it's dark at that hour. I get it now.
Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
quote:Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: Sol LATIN = Sun English.
But by no means do I keep the hours that some at these Forums seem to; case in point the number of postings I note timed at 2AM or thereabouts.
A condition that I attribute to the number of folks who post from Pacific Time Zone locales.
I'm normally turning the computer off and turning in for the night about the time Mr. Toy sits down to dinner.
Posted by TwinStarRocket (Member # 2142) on :
Is "2AM or thereabouts" earlier or later than "oh dark thirty"? We should be envious of insomniacs in Fargo or Topeka. If they get bored with the internet they can always hop a train.
Posted by TwinStarRocket (Member # 2142) on :
This time zone talk got me thinking. If trainweb is now in La Plata, why are all the posting times in Pacific Time? Do Californians think they are the center of the universe?
Posted by smitty195 (Member # 5102) on :
You mean we're not? Posted by RRCHINA (Member # 1514) on :
For some time I have been telling my CA friends that they conduct themselves under the assumption when the San Andreas fault ruptures the remainder of the USA will fall into the ocean and they will be left.
Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
quote:Originally posted by RRCHINA: For some time I have been telling my CA friends that they conduct themselves under the assumption when the San Andreas fault ruptures the remainder of the USA will fall into the ocean and they will be left.
When those west of the San Andreas fault do fall into the ocean, I wonder if Amtrak will continue to print the Coast Starlight's timetable for another five years with a note that service has been temporarily suspended?
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Back on topic, the weather here today is quite temperate although there is some threat of rain (any of you wizards around here can quickly verify that by entering 60514 in some weather forecast field). Since my auto has not seen the wash rack in about two weeks (the one I use has never seen fit to offer "rainchecks'), I may just go down to trackside, rain or shine, to observe ZEPHYRLUXE #5(11).
Finally, according to the website, #6(8) did not arrive CHI until 736P or more than 3hrs late. Unless held, that arrival blew a connection with #30(10).
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Observed #5(11); there appeared to be the same seven cars as on the last round trip.
I DID observe "faces in the windows".
Ironically, the rear car in the LUXE consist was "Monterey" ex-C&O "Wolverine Club", thence ex-B&O 5BR Obs "Wawassee". However, the obs (blunt end) was pointed forward.
Posted by palmland (Member # 4344) on :
What a shame Wawassee was turned wrong. However when I saw AOE in Savannah last year, it was being used as the crew dorm/eatery and was on the head end. Still no excuse for not using 'New York' as the lounge-observation. It doesn't appear GL understands what makes a 'perfect passenger train' (the name of a great article in Trains magazine.
Wawassee (along with Dana, Metcalf, and Napannee) were normally used on the Capitol Limited,B&O's flagship train, as the first class lounge observation (although I preferred the National Limited).
On a steam special that was operated in 1964, I observed David P. Morgan, Trains' legendary editor, sitting in the rear seat in one of these cars. As was normal for him, he had a cigarette in one hand and a glass of 'gin and clickety-clack' in the other (his favorite term for a cocktail).
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Unfortunately Mr. Palmland, DPM was widely known for both of those vices and which no doubt contributed to his premature retirement and death.
Posted by Mr. Toy (Member # 311) on :
quote:Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: But by no means do I keep the hours that some at these Forums seem to; case in point the number of postings I note timed at 2AM or thereabouts.
That's what happens to those of us who get off work between 10:00pm and midnight. When I travel I have to do an "attitude adjustment" to get me to breakfast before the dining car closes. One of the reasons why 24 hour dining car service appeals to me.
Posted by Henry Kisor (Member # 4776) on :
David P. Morgan! I would love to have shared a martini with him in a club car going somewhere. He had one of the liveliest and most elegant prose styles of any journalist of his time. He and Red Smith were my culture heroes when I was a young newspaperman.
Posted by palmland (Member # 4344) on :
He was a truly great writer. I wrote to him when I was in high school and actually got a nice response.
He certainly could blend a vast technical knowledge of the industry with a marvelous writing style. Some of his vignettes in Trains, like 'From a roomette window' were classics.
Posted by Henry Kisor (Member # 4776) on :
I should have written "shared a pitcher of martinis," not "shared a martini." I am sure Morgan would have corrected me briskly while pouring another.
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