Was forced to take the Eagle from AUS-TAY today for lunch @ a REAL bar-b-Q joint, Louie Muellars! (It was on Diners/Drive-Ins and Dives on the Travel Channel!)Best smoked meat in texas which makes it the best in the world! 
#22 was on time, rolled up to TAY, I was surprised by the large number of pax, lots of folks going to CHI! Had the usual consist, one engine, trans-dorm/revenue sleeper/diner-lounge/ssl!!!! and three coaches! If Im not mistaken one of our members was gonna ride TPL-CLB-TPL on #22 today!
Had a great day in beautiful downtown Taylor, lots of old buildings and a really nice Library where I hung out since it was AC and it was 90+ again! What happened to fall?
#21 was about 15 minutes late pullling in, Julie was spot on! Waited in the picnic table and shed "station" since the UP Depot is "off limits" to civilians!
(Taylor is a large UP crew operating base for freights and lots of switching/car storage etc. here! The consist was one engine/trans-dorm/revenue sleeper, a real diner! ,even if the crew gets off in AUS, three coaches and the two private cars below!
Todays Eagle out of St. Louis had two private cars attached on the back, a sleeper and a dome/lounge car! Creative Charters was the name on the cars, the sleeper was named after a female, something Henry and the dome/lounge was the Patrickk Henry and had a platform on the back with lounge chairs!! The conductor told me that they get alot of these in the fall from CHI and STL, these cars are out of Houston however?They were very nicely restored, looked new, the attendant in Austin let me peek into the lounge/dome, it looked like something the President or some billionaire might ride, nicest Ive ever seen!! Must be nice!! A nice day trip for $11, 400 AGR rail points, a great lunch, a norther blew in while I was waiting (20 degress cooler!), guess I might be forced to do it again before fall is over and after my trip to Canada in two weeks for Thanksgiving! :lol:
#22 was on time, rolled up to TAY, I was surprised by the large number of pax, lots of folks going to CHI! Had the usual consist, one engine, trans-dorm/revenue sleeper/diner-lounge/ssl!!!!
and three coaches! If Im not mistaken one of our members was gonna ride TPL-CLB-TPL on #22 today!Had a great day in beautiful downtown Taylor, lots of old buildings and a really nice Library where I hung out since it was AC and it was 90+ again! What happened to fall?
#21 was about 15 minutes late pullling in, Julie was spot on! Waited in the picnic table and shed "station" since the UP Depot is "off limits" to civilians!
(Taylor is a large UP crew operating base for freights and lots of switching/car storage etc. here! The consist was one engine/trans-dorm/revenue sleeper, a real diner!
,even if the crew gets off in AUS, three coaches and the two private cars below!Todays Eagle out of St. Louis had two private cars attached on the back, a sleeper and a dome/lounge car! Creative Charters was the name on the cars, the sleeper was named after a female, something Henry and the dome/lounge was the Patrickk Henry and had a platform on the back with lounge chairs!!
The conductor told me that they get alot of these in the fall from CHI and STL, these cars are out of Houston however?They were very nicely restored, looked new, the attendant in Austin let me peek into the lounge/dome, it looked like something the President or some billionaire might ride, nicest Ive ever seen!! Must be nice!! A nice day trip for $11, 400 AGR rail points, a great lunch, a norther blew in while I was waiting (20 degress cooler!), guess I might be forced to do it again before fall is over and after my trip to Canada in two weeks for Thanksgiving! :lol:
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