Amtrak #4
Taking advantage of some vacation time at work and early morning summer light, I headed to one of the few remaining Searchlight Signal bridges on the old Santa Fe Transcon.
Hearing some chatter on the scanner about something on the nearby Brookfield Sub, I spun up to the town of Bucklin and sniffed around. Finding nothing, I quickly retraced my steps back to the Lisbon Rd crossing just in time for the 9th train of the day for me: Amtrak #4 The Southwest Chief, which despite its puke-worthy mis-match of 3 paint schemes, did at least pass by at track speed. And, the sun stayed out!
-AMTK P42DCs #14, #25 leading power
-Amtrak Train #4 Southwest Chief
-BNSF (ex-ATSF) Marceline Sub, MP 344, Track 2
-Lisbon Rd Crossing, E of Marceline, MO
-June 25, 2019
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Amtrak #4
Taking advantage of some vacation time at work and early morning summer light, I headed to one of the few remaining Searchlight Signal bridges on the old Santa Fe Transcon.
Hearing some chatter on the scanner about something on the nearby Brookfield Sub, I spun up to the town of Bucklin and sniffed around. Finding nothing, I quickly retraced my steps back to the Lisbon Rd crossing just in time for the 9th train of the day for me: Amtrak #4 The Southwest Chief, which despite its puke-worthy mis-match of 3 paint schemes, did at least pass by at track speed. And, the sun stayed out!
-AMTK P42DCs #14, #25 leading power
-Amtrak Train #4 Southwest Chief
-BNSF (ex-ATSF) Marceline Sub, MP 344, Track 2
-Lisbon Rd Crossing, E of Marceline, MO
-June 25, 2019
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