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CHamilton

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From Amtrak Cascades on Facebook
 
"Anubis, jackal-headed guard over the Valley of the Dead. Seems fitting they redubbed the station: King Tut Street Station doesn't it?" - again from Amtrak Cascades on Facebook. You can't see it in this picture, but the neon King Street Station sign has had a neon "Tut" added to it. Not very visible during the day, but quite impressive at night.

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Amtrak issued a news release on taking the Cascades train to the King Tut exhibit promotion. Pretty snazzy looking shrinkwrap on the locomotive. It is mostly shrinkwrap, not a paint job right?

If that locomotive hits a car or somebody while dressed up in the King Tut look, there are sure to be references in the press to a King Tut curse.

I have to add that I can't look at the King Tut images or read about the King Tut exhibits without thinking about the classic Steve Martin skit from waaay back. Someone should get some railfan video of the train passing by and add some excerpts from the Steve Martin song to the soundtrack.
 
I wish I had known about this sooner...I would have included it in our fun in Seattle! At least we can ride the 'Tut Train'! :giggle:

I hope it is brought back again.
 
You know, the black and gold paint job actually looks really nice. I'm going to dare say that I like it a bit more than the usual red/white/blue jobs Amtrak uses.
 
Anderson said:
You know, the black and gold paint job actually looks really nice. I'm going to dare say that I like it a bit more than the usual red/white/blue jobs Amtrak uses.
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I kind of like it too, but you know that any paint job like that would have Amtrak foes screaming about a "gold-plated railroad." Besides, we normally get the green-and-white Cascades color scheme, which is also pretty nice.
 
Just so you know that all is not lost on the youth of today, my 10 year old freakin' LOVES the Steve Martin song, and was very excited to see the King Tut exhibit (which we did yesterday). Sadly, there was no dressed up train as part of our day, but maybe we can find a reason to ride the Cascades before it's stripped.
 
CHamilton said:
Anderson said:
You know, the black and gold paint job actually looks really nice. I'm going to dare say that I like it a bit more than the usual red/white/blue jobs Amtrak uses.
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I kind of like it too, but you know that any paint job like that would have Amtrak foes screaming about a "gold-plated railroad." Besides, we normally get the green-and-white Cascades color scheme, which is also pretty nice.
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True. Too bad nobody is in a position to sell the FEC on it.
 
I've been meaning to ask...is that cowcatcher/snowplow thing on the front of the loco standard equipment that I've just never noticed before without the gold paint job? Or is it new?
 
CHamilton said:
I've been meaning to ask...is that cowcatcher/snowplow thing on the front of the loco standard equipment that I've just never noticed before without the gold paint job? Or is it new?
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It's standard. Google the photos of F59-PHI locomotives.
 
Nathanael said:
CHamilton said:
I've been meaning to ask...is that cowcatcher/snowplow thing on the front of the loco standard equipment that I've just never noticed before without the gold paint job? Or is it new?
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It's standard. Google the photos of F59-PHI locomotives.
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Geez I never noticed it either until the gold paint, and that is my typical engine. Well actually I don't see it that much since pulling into SOL and VNC in my boarding direction it is cab-forward, but I have never seen that... I did google it and I am surprised that that is typical.
 
Nathanael said:
CHamilton said:
I've been meaning to ask...is that cowcatcher/snowplow thing on the front of the loco standard equipment that I've just never noticed before without the gold paint job? Or is it new?
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It's standard. Google the photos of F59-PHI locomotives.
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Thanks, you're right. But in the standard Cascades color scheme it's sort of brown, so I guess that's why I didn't notice it. Here's a photo I found from here of 470 before its "Tut job."

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"Amtrak loco 470 - with its King Tut wrap - at King St Station awaiting its next assignment to take train 507 south to Portland and Eugene." --from a friend on Facebook.

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Amtrak Cascades Tuts Up



Hmmmm..."Tuts up"....sorry, I mis-read the title and thought it was referring to another cliche about being dead in the water....
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johnny.menhennet said:
Nathanael said:
CHamilton said:
I've been meaning to ask...is that cowcatcher/snowplow thing on the front of the loco standard equipment that I've just never noticed before without the gold paint job? Or is it new?
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It's standard. Google the photos of F59-PHI locomotives.
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Geez I never noticed it either until the gold paint, and that is my typical engine. Well actually I don't see it that much since pulling into SOL and VNC in my boarding direction it is cab-forward, but I have never seen that... I did google it and I am surprised that that is typical.
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Actually it is almost universally typical of locomotives to have some type of snowplow on it.
 
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