Amtrak Pere Marquette Silver Celebration

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Amtrak Pere Marquette Silver Celebration

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Consist for the Pere Marquette service.
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35004
34066
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33009

look forward to seeing ya'll celebrating this service!
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Aside from the P42, care to enlighten us as to what those other cars are?
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:?: :?

They are all Superliners. Only thing I can come up with is 33009 is an old Siteseer Lounge with curved windows on the roofline like so:
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Other than that, I'm stumped as well. The rest of them are normal Superlines, and definately nothing special about a P42...
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Consist for the Pere Marquette service.
43 P42DC
35004 Supleriner I Snack Coach
34066 Superliner I coach
34020 Superliner I coach
33009 Superliner I Sightseer Lounge
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Would be nice if that became the regular consist. Except with a 8-32PHW on the point.... :P
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The last time we had a P32, on here, when it was taken off, they rearended a freight train the next trip west....

Speeches and stuff in GR in the morning... Congressmen will be riding the train, and more dignitaries getting on at Holland...
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Just drove down Ann St., saw a P42 and 4 Superliners. Snooooooooooze...

Come on, Amtrak, you can do better than that.
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What could be more drab than a P42 and 4 Superliners? Ah yes...a P42, 4 Superliners and some random politicians!

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HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY AMTRAK'S PERE MARQUETTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and u guys are lame that is why the cool foamers are venturing out!!!
You say trestle... I say Trussell!!!
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rsinoms wrote:HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY AMTRAK'S PERE MARQUETTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and u guys are lame that is why the cool foamers are venturing out!!!
hey Russs I hate to break it to ya but you cant self apply cool thats like talking in the 3rd person. And second of all you might have some issues if you get geeked over a view liner ride from GR to Holland since the tracks parallel the road for 90% of the trip i can get better view of Chi drive and the farmland from my truck.Oh and im not a foamer TY im a railfan so :P
Beating Up Foamer's and Rail Nerds Since 1981... I h8 u all!!!!

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Mr. Tops wrote:What could be more drab than a P42 and 4 Superliners? Ah yes...a P42, 4 Superliners and some random politicians!
I couldn't agree more!

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Bah... I do remember weeding the muck fields and noticing the first silver bullet going by in the mid '80s.

I drank coffee on the 397 parked across from the gas station waiting to get east...

Amtrak killed my quit.
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