Eastbound Amtrak "Missouri River Runner" Passenger Train at Independence, MO
After getting snagged at Rock Creek Jct., Amtrak Train 316 makes a station stop at the Missouri Pacific Depot on the UP Sedalia Sub. with Engineer Matt Phalen at the helm on his first qualified trip out of Kansas City since moving back here in January.
Also of minor note is the lead unit, one of the pair lettered for the "Big Game Train", operated on the "Heartland Flyer" route in Texas and Oklahoma for the Red River Rivalry football games.
Locomotive: AMTK 50
2-27-17
Independence, MO
Eastbound Amtrak "Missouri River Runner" Passenger Train at Independence, MO
After getting snagged at Rock Creek Jct., Amtrak Train 316 makes a station stop at the Missouri Pacific Depot on the UP Sedalia Sub. with Engineer Matt Phalen at the helm on his first qualified trip out of Kansas City since moving back here in January.
Also of minor note is the lead unit, one of the pair lettered for the "Big Game Train", operated on the "Heartland Flyer" route in Texas and Oklahoma for the Red River Rivalry football games.
Locomotive: AMTK 50
2-27-17
Independence, MO