(I know that the description is really detailed, but bare with me so you can understand how my chase went) Personal Note: This is one of my best Snow Train Chase that I have ever done before. With good locations and good weather, it's couldn't have been a better day for a train chase. Me and my dad woke up at 0700 to get a heads start on my trip of chasing the Alki Tours' Leavenworth Snow Train with the train provided by Amtrak. After I had a good breakfast at the Buzz Inn Restaurant at Monroe, we headed off to Index. As I set off at Index, we had a Railroad Traffic Jam at Gold Bar, with a WB Z Train, a EB Empty Coal Train and the Leavenworth Snow Train. As I was hearing the dispatch chatters, The Snow Train actually have to squish in the siding at Gold Bar behind the Coal Train, while the Z Train took the main line. Instead of seeing the Snow Train first, we ended up seeing a 556 axle Empty Coal Train shattering the quietness at Index with 4 ES44AC's on the point and no DPU power on the rear. About 10 minutes after the Coal Train went through, The 74-axles Snow Train rounded the bend at Index at approach medium signals speeds (meaning that trains can not exceed 40 MPH due to train/signal traffic ahead). The mammoth train is pulled by 2 GE Genesis P42DC (194 and 137), a fleet of Amfleet Coaches and Horizon Cafe Cars, The Ocean View Amtrak Dome Car, and 2 California Zephyr Dome Cars (Silver Lariat and the Silver Solarium Observation Dome Car). After that, we gave chase to ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOH8Lv_9QL8&hl=en
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