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In a bit of a first today, there were multiple California Zephyrs traveling with a Charger in the consist. In addition to #6(05) with 305, Amtrak #6(07) departed today with AMTK 312 behind the Genesis engines. YouTube user Sam The Railfanner filmed this train getting on the move after a stop...

AMTK 305 is heading back east already on Amtrak #6(05). The train was over five hours late out of Ottumwa, Iowa.

A light power move, Amtrak #960, went from Sacramento to Oakland today with new Charger AMTK 312. Adam Ghimenti caught the move at the Sacramento station.

I should add that 305 has been photographed dropped off at Denver Union Station, not Lincoln.

There might be another train on soon-to-have-Chargers list. Amtrak #5(04) has AMTK 305 third out. I read a report it is to be dropped off at Lincoln, Nebraska for crew familiarization. This westbound California Zephyr was three hours late out of Chicago due to "mechanical issues," so it was...

In this news story, the reporter at scene starts her report just as one of the Superliners starts getting hauled away from the wreck site: Widow of dump truck driver in Amtrak crash files wrongful death lawsuit - ABC17NEWS.

It's the only one Amtrak's running now, but the one I saw on Monday looked ex-Amtrak. I should have posted that on Monday, but I got distracted by the other news of the day.

On Monday, I caught a Canadian Pacific mixed freight train at Ottumwa, Iowa that happened to have a former Amtrak P40DC getting towed dead in the middle of the train. The ex-AMTK 802 now has LTEX reporting marks. That mark is for Larry's Truck and Electric which is a secondhand locomotive...

AMTK 184 led Amtrak #6(26) to Chicago today. The train was four hours and forty-five minutes late when I caught it east of Ottumwa, Iowa running on the left track. As a side note, this is the second Genesis unit in Phase IV paint I've seen in the last two days.

Still on the Zephyr and still in the lead; I caught 184 on the front of Amtrak #5(23) speeding westward near Agency, Iowa this evening.

Amtrak #6(20) has AMTK 184 leading it to Chicago today. There are also two Patrick Henry Creative Promotions private cars, Evelyn A. Henry and Warren R. Henry, on the back of the train.

184 is heading back west on Amtrak #5(17) still in the lead. I got a nice wave from the engineer at Agency, Iowa.

AMTK 184 is leading a late Amtrak #6(14). I caught it running just shy of ten and a half hours late out of Ottumwa, Iowa where it met #5(16).

Yesterday, the two newest Chargers left Chicago on the eastbound Capitol Limited. Chicago Line RailfanProductions posted a video of this Amtrak #30. And RailfanKaleb1309 caught a video of it today.

I caught the eastbound California Zephyr with 310 and 311 today running three hours late out of Ottumwa, Iowa.

AMTK 310 and 311 have been released from the factory and are traveling east on Amtrak #6(27). Railyard Films caught them at Roseville, California. Kevin Standlee filmed this California Zephyr at Fernley, Nevada.

Video taken today by SantaFe669 at Roudout, Illinois shows AMTK 303 leading the westbound Empire Builder. Video description says this is the first revenue run for 303.

I don't know when, but I want my next video to be something special. I've already filmed the needed parts, but I ran into a wall getting what I want from the video editors I've tried and getting the time to try and figure an editor out. --- 308 and 309 on Amtrak #30 were caught by Chicago...

I caught Amtrak #6(14) as it made its station stop in Ottumwa, Iowa this morning.

AMTK 130 is leading Amtrak #6(13) to Chicago today. I caught it at Agency, Iowa over two and a half hours late running on the left track and with a wave from the engineer.