From newstand.syr.edu!psinntp!psinntp!laidbak!tellab5!dawdy Sun Jul 18 20:58:05 EDT 1993 Article: 4862 of rec.models.railroad Xref: newstand.syr.edu rec.railroad:24914 rec.models.railroad:4862 Newsgroups: rec.railroad,rec.models.railroad Path: newstand.syr.edu!psinntp!psinntp!laidbak!tellab5!dawdy From: dawdy@tellabs.com (Dan Dawdy) Subject: New GIF's posted - Metra E8 heads Amtrak Message-ID: <1993Jul18.222744.27778@tellab5.tellabs.com> Sender: news@tellab5.tellabs.com (News) Nntp-Posting-Host: sunk13 Organization: Tellabs, Lisle, IL Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1993 22:27:44 GMT The following was posted to alt.binaries.pictures.misc. If you can't retrieve from there, let me know and I'll E-mail it to you. You may also check warchive.wustl.edu in the /graphics/trains/incoming directory. I can't place it there, but other may do it for me. I had not planed on posting over the summer but this is news... Well, this not the best picture because of the heavy overcast days we have been having around here, but it's a sight you don't see much. Be- cause of the detour of Amtrak's California Zephyr onto Chicago & Northwestern tracks between Chicago and Omaha, and the fact that CNW uses cab signals, Amtrak's trains needed a CNW unit on the point. Well someone at Amtrak got an idea and leased the remaining Chicago Metra (ex CNW) E8's used for special runs. Now trains 5 and 6 are headed up by E's again. How long has it been since E's pulled any Zephyr??? (Long damn time ;-) Here Metra #515 E8 with two F40PH's heads the California Zephyr through Glen Elynn, IL this past Friday, July 16, 1993. Dan -- ************************************************************************ |\\ * | \ \ * Internet: J \ \ --------| * dawdy@tellabs.com \ \ / [] ZORRO| * Compu$erve: \ \ | || | * 70661,2422 \ \| || | * ============= * "O" Scale ____________()______()__________ * King of Scales The painters last day on the job :-) *