Ken Heyl is in town getting ready for our private car rail adventure to Washington, D.C. and back. Ken helped on the final piece of track work. We leave Friday via a private car (as part of a National Railroad Historical Society trip) tacked on behind Amtrak. We go to Chicago Friday night, join on behind Amtrak's Capitol Limited Saturday evening for the overnight trip to Washington, spend Sunday through Tuesday nights in Washington, return to Chicago overnight Wednesday, spend Thursday night in Chicago, and on down to St. Louis Friday. All nights are in our private compartments in the Pacific Union rail car. We're looking forward to it.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Ready for trip
Ken Heyl is in town getting ready for our private car rail adventure to Washington, D.C. and back. Ken helped on the final piece of track work. We leave Friday via a private car (as part of a National Railroad Historical Society trip) tacked on behind Amtrak. We go to Chicago Friday night, join on behind Amtrak's Capitol Limited Saturday evening for the overnight trip to Washington, spend Sunday through Tuesday nights in Washington, return to Chicago overnight Wednesday, spend Thursday night in Chicago, and on down to St. Louis Friday. All nights are in our private compartments in the Pacific Union rail car. We're looking forward to it.
Upper Level Mainline Is In!
The upper level mainline of the P&LE is in, as of 3:40 pm today. Top photo is yours truly putting down the final piece of track. Bottom photo is the first train running the entire loop, here entering what will be the Yard Limits of Paducah; four of the cars are recent acquisitions from the defunct Buckeye Western, owned by the late Dave White of northern Ashland County, Ohio. Next on the agenda is the dropping of feeder wires to the buss wires.
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