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Topic: Difficult Question
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dnsommer
Full Member Posts: 245
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 11-02-2003 03:55 AM
  
If Genesis diesel-electrics Sandpoint, Idaho microwave strawberry danish Amcafe end-of-train device 1988, Peachtree Station Graham Claytor Mike Schafer MTA Gold Line baggage dorm Wolverine?Dave [This message has been edited by dnsommer (edited 11-12-2003).] IP: Logged |
UncleBuck44
Full Member Posts: 426
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 11-02-2003 07:18 AM
Happens to me quite a bitUB44 IP: Logged |
denmarks
Junior Member Posts: 9
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 11-02-2003 09:21 AM
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dnsommer
Full Member Posts: 245
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 11-02-2003 05:04 PM
denmarks, you are correct. I'm impressed![This message has been edited by dnsommer (edited 11-02-2003).] IP: Logged |
mikesmith
Full Member Posts: 271
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-02-2003 06:31 PM
Why would you be impressed, David?42 is always the answer.......  IP: Logged |
dnsommer
Full Member Posts: 245
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 11-02-2003 07:03 PM
Are there any Amtrak locos numbered 42? I'll make it my favourite.Dave PS - Should we clue in the others? IP: Logged |
CG96
Full Member Posts: 238
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-02-2003 07:54 PM
Ahhh. . . . .42. The answer to all of life's questions, the mystery of life, and everything. That is, if you read Douglas Adams. I don't understand the first question, though, however, unlike certain other posters in other threads, I'm not going to ridicule something I don't understand. Best wishes  IP: Logged |
Mr. Toy
Full Member Posts: 1202
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 11-03-2003 12:23 AM
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Originally posted by dnsommer:
Are there any Amtrak locos numbered 42?
You'll have to build an even bigger computer to figure that out. IP: Logged |
espeefoamer
Full Member Posts: 202
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 11-03-2003 02:08 PM
It doesn't matter what the question is,the answer is ALWAYS 42!!!!------------------
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Amtrak207
Full Member Posts: 219
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 11-07-2003 06:46 PM
The hell?
P42DC number 42 definitely exists, as they are numbered from 1-207 (there's THAT number again) so yes. I've even seen it. Table *** purple liquify, chilly squid, peanut nostril, happy clam.
Troz!
Despite what DA writes, in fact, 207 is the answer to everything in the universe, but I'm the only person to have received knowledge of this until now by my good space alien friends. P. S. You forgot Heritage dome Acela rewards club North America Rail Pass travel Nampa checked baggage BWI US/Canadian border central time Flyer Horizon Chicago reclining bedroom soudntransit Windsor Locks, Connecticut plaza Gunn vacations river days arrive bicycle Roadrailer reservation parts purchase shipping service accompanied Kansas City photo identification departure Wall Calendar, to name a few. IP: Logged |
dnsommer
Full Member Posts: 245
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 11-07-2003 09:17 PM
I am moved. That was beautiful. Now I know I'm not the only one. I can rest tonight. Dave IP: Logged |
irishchieftain
Full Member Posts: 282
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-07-2003 09:50 PM
Since people insisted...P42DC number 42:  And here is an older number 207, an ex-B&O E8.  IP: Logged |
dnsommer
Full Member Posts: 245
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 11-08-2003 05:31 AM
I saved the image of #42 to disk. I guess now it's the 42 of Sommer, rather than the Summer of '42.I will never tire of E8s, in any livery. Too bad they're all gone. It would be nice if new locos were be given a similar appearance. Dave Sommer IP: Logged |
Amtrak288
Full Member Posts: 98
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 11-08-2003 06:04 AM
Here's another shot of 42 in Phase V Paint, taken in Hamburg, NY on the Lake Shore Limited on April 27th, 2003.
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Amtrak288
Full Member Posts: 98
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 11-08-2003 06:05 AM
Dang, I gotta figure out how to submit a link properly, here's the link from my post above...
http://www.trainweb.org/amtrakpix/locoshots/p42dc/AMTK42A.html IP: Logged |
dnsommer
Full Member Posts: 245
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 11-08-2003 08:22 PM
Thanks for pic #2. Here's a question: Do Amtrak locos travel all over the system as needed, or are they assigned specific routes? Hope this question doesn't seem dumb to you roster-farians. See, I just like riding trains. Kinda never got into the technical aspects. Dave IP: Logged |
Amtrak207
Full Member Posts: 219
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 11-08-2003 10:07 PM
Thanks for the E8 picture, but I've already seen it. Thanks for trying though! dnsommer, that question is worthy of another topic, but here's an answer anyway.
Yes.
The only train with an assigned locomotive pool, provided they can keep them on the rails and not lit on fire, is the Coast Starlight. The Auto Train seems to keep ahold of some P40s which may or may not have been modified for that service, but it's not set in stone.
101-111 are labeled for NEC work but they go on any train.
For example, P42DC #207 (where are you, my dear???) was in service over the summer on Michigan service trains (March), the Empire Builder (April, May, August), the Lakeshore Limited (June 16 and 17), the City of New Orleans (Help, RR?) and in Boston backup service (September 24).
Engines are traditionally assigned to a maintenance base (New Haven/Boston/Rensselaer, DC, Hialeah, LA, New Orleans, Chicago) but lately the power goes on the front of the trains. ------------------
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Requisecat in pacis P42DC #53063
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espeefoamer
Full Member Posts: 202
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 11-09-2003 01:10 PM
I have seen Amtrak 207 on the Southwest Chief several times recently.The City of New Orleans runs on the Illinois Central,now owned by Canadian National.------------------
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