#Silver Splendor
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Rhonda Lee Summer Sunset.
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When we arrived at Bartlett, New Hampshire we were greeted by a stunning summer sunset, I reached for a camera. Well, actually three cameras. I reached for three cameras.
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Conway Magnificence: Budd Dome and Steam at Willey Brook.
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This was the first public excursion with Conway’s new Budd-dome Rhonda Lee (formerly Silver Splendor) as featured on Tracking the Light. And the first time the car was teamed up with steam locomotive 7470.
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March 2019 Trains Features ‘Silver Lining for Silver Splendor’
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Pages of 16 and 17 of the March 2019 Trains Magazine features my column titled ‘Silver Lining for Silver Splendor’ and discusses my experiences traveling cross country by Budd Vista Dome.
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BNSF on the move in Missouri.
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Rolling east on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, I made a variety of photos of BNSF freights from the train as we crossed Missouri on the way from Kansas City to Chicago. Here we have one view from a Superliner, one from…
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Kansas City: Amtrak, a Dome and a Streetcar!
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I’d never experienced Kansas City by rail before. This was just a brief visit, a mere layover while Amtrak no4Southwest Chiefchanged crews and dropped off and collected passengers. I made photos of the car I’d been traveling in: former Chicago,…
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Amtrak’s Southwest Chief Sunrise at Argentine, Kansas.
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Two weeks ago Amtrak’s Southwest Chief greeted a frosty sunrise at BNSF’s sprawling Argentine Yards, west of Kansas City. I made these digital photographs from the dome and vestibule of Silver Splendor,the former CB&Q Vista-Dome in which I was traveling…
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Dusk at Raton, New Mexico.
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These days the only regular trains to use the old Santa Fe Raton Pass crossing are Amtrak 3 and 4, the Southwest Chief. The days of helpers over the three percent are all but a memory. This day two weeks…
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New Mexico Revisited: Soaking in BNSF’s Transcon on the Move.
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It had been more than 20 years since my last visit to New Mexico. This was my first by rail. I was on my way east with Dave and Rhonda Swirk and Derek Palmieri of New Hampshire’s Conway Scenic Railroad,…
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‘Santa Fe All the Way!’ Arizona Sunrise Rolling East on the BNSF Transcon.
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Last week, I awoke to sunrise east of Flagstaff, Arizona riding in Budd Vista Dome Silver Splendor as it traveled east on Amtrak no.4, the Southwest Chief. The luxurious 1956-built stainless steel dome is a classic car from America’s streamlined era….
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Brief Barstow Visit and a Flash From the Past.
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Amtrak’s eastward Southwest Chief, train number 4, made a relatively long stop at Barstow, California, affording me time to explore and photograph historic rolling stock (displayed near the platforms) by the Western America Railroad Museum. I find it strange to see once-familiar…
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Tracking the Light Extra: Fullerton by Night—Dome Car on the Southwest Chief.
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Saturday evening, November 17, 2018, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief—train number 4—made its scheduled station stop at Fullerton, California, its first after departing Los Angeles Union Station. Budd Vista Dome Silver Splendor was in consist on its big trip east. The dome…
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Silver Splendor at Los Angeles Union Heading East on Number Four.
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One week ago, former Chicago Burlington & Quincy Budd-built Vista dome Silver Splendor (originallySilver Buckle) was positioned behind the baggage car on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, train number four. This elegant stainless steel streamlined car was about to embark on a…