Coast Starlight this Morning

[leemell]

This mornings CS had a second SSC instead of the PPC, but it also had two Silver card, the "Silver Lariat" and the "Silver Solarium". They were beautiful to see.

 

[Ryan]

Where were they in the consist? When they run private cars on Superliner trains, do they run them between the bag and the transdorm so that they have access to the train, or are they tacked onto the end and isolated?

 

[rrdude]

Where were they in the consist? When they run private cars on Superliner trains, do they run them between the bag and the transdorm so that they have access to the train, or are they tacked onto the end and isolated?

Ryan, the PV that I saw this summer on the CS, and the EB, were both on the tail of the train. Of course, both had open platforms too, so I'm sure it was requested.......
I've been on the Silver Solarium, nice. Very, very nice...

 

[Bob Dylan]

Where were they in the consist? When they run private cars on Superliner trains, do they run them between the bag and the transdorm so that they have access to the train, or are they tacked onto the end and isolated?

:hi: Ive seen many private varnish on the Texas Eagle, :wub: always at the rear of the Superliners. When I rode the Cardinal to PHL for NTD in May the Private cars put on in Indy for WAS were placed on the back but with the platform on the biz car facing forward which IMO sucks! :wacko:

They have no access to the regular LD Superliner trains as most members know, unless they are put next to the Trans Dorm on the front of the train which I have never seen! Jim

 

[leemell]

Where were they in the consist? When they run private cars on Superliner trains, do they run them between the bag and the transdorm so that they have access to the train, or are they tacked onto the end and isolated?

Ryan, the PV that I saw this summer on the CS, and the EB, were both on the tail of the train. Of course, both had open platforms too, so I'm sure it was requested.......
I've been on the Silver Solarium, nice. Very, very nice...

They were on the end of the consist, they always have been on the past as well. I've got a grabbed pic on my computer but I cannot figure out how to upload it to this site. If anybody can help I'll put it up. It is not great, but you can see the last car.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

I've got a grabbed pic on my computer but I cannot figure out how to upload it to this site. If anybody can help I'll put it up. It is not great, but you can see the last car.

If you are willing to send it to me via email I can put it up.

 

[DET63]

I would assume that PV would have to be at the end of the train unless HEP can be run through them.

 

[J-1 3235]

I would assume that PV would have to be at the end of the train unless HEP can be run through them.

The PV must meet Amtrak standards in order to be in the consist, and as the PV's use HEP (with a few exceptions), it must also pass through. In my PV experiences, the car is tacked on the end, whether single-level or Superliner.

Mike

 

[leemell]

I've got a grabbed pic on my computer but I cannot figure out how to upload it to this site. If anybody can help I'll put it up. It is not great, but you can see the last car.

If you are willing to send it to me via email I can put it up.

OK. Just how do you put it up?

 

[Devil's Advocate]

OK. Just how do you put it up?

You can create an account at http://photobucket.com/ or any number of similar image hosting sites that allow inline image links and then paste the image URL here in the forum with [img] tags around it.

 

[abcnews]

This mornings CS had a second SSC instead of the PPC, but it also had two Silver card, the "Silver Lariat" and the "Silver Solarium". They were beautiful to see.

What is a SSC? Is it a Sightseer Lounge (SSC = Sightseer car). Not sure I caught the meaning of SSC. I assume it's a SSL.

 

[leemell]

OK. Just how do you put it up?

You can create an account at http://photobucket.com/ or any number of similar image hosting sites that allow inline image links and then paste the image URL here in the forum with [img] tags around it.

Thanks, I'll give that a try. Actually, I thought that it was possible to upload an image to the page itself like a lot of other sites.

 

[leemell]

OK. Just how do you put it up?

You can create an account at http://photobucket.com/ or any number of similar image hosting sites that allow inline image links and then paste the image URL here in the forum with [img] tags around it.

Thanks, I'll give that a try. Actually, I thought that it was possible to upload an image to the page itself like a lot of other sites.

OK, here it is, bad as it is:

http://s1229.photobu...ser_media_share

 

[Ryan]

Nice.

At the bottom left of that page, there's a box that says "share this image" - if you copy the last line that says "IMG Code" and paste it here, this:

[img=http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee464/leemell/SilverCarsontheCS.jpg]

Turns into this:

 

[sportbiker]

I smiled to see this topic.

The Silvers were repositioned from NorCal to LAUS for a trip I was on. The cars are owned by two members of a university alumni group. That group arranged a day trip from LAUS to San Diego and back for group members and friends (I counted as a friend).

Surfliners are engine-lead away from L.A. (toward San Diego or Santa Barbara) and cab-car lead back to L.A. So, the Silvers were tacked to the rear of a consist (behind the cab car) for the trip down. For the return trip, they were attached to the front of the locomotive, so the order of travel was cab-car, coaches, engine, Silvers.

It was my first time in those cars and it was a very enjoyable experience. One of the best parts was that the cost of the trip was actually less then the price of Amtrak coach tickets. And that didn't even count the bottomless alcohol and brunch on the way down, or the desserts and wine on the way back.

Sometimes life is hell.

 

[inspiration100]

http://www.calzephyrrailcar.com/Site/2010_Tours.html -- Looks like you can pay to get on one. Pretty cool stuff.

 

[leemell]

Nice.

At the bottom left of that page, there's a box that says "share this image" - if you copy the last line that says "IMG Code" and paste it here, this:

[img=http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee464/leemell/SilverCarsontheCS.jpg]

Turns into this:

On the bottom left of the photobucket page or the AU edit page?

Never mind, I found it, I'm just slow sometimes!

Thanks for the tip.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

It was my first time in those cars and it was a very enjoyable experience. One of the best parts was that the cost of the trip was actually less then the price of Amtrak coach tickets. And that didn't even count the bottomless alcohol and brunch on the way down, or the desserts and wine on the way back.

What can you tell us about the quality of the ride, food & drink? (I'm considering purchasing a ticket on one of these cars in the future.)

 

[sportbiker]

Unfortunately I don't have anything relevant to tell you. Whatever trip you would take would be through some other business that chartered the coaches. What I went on was organized by the owners themselves, for themselves and their friends. Apples and oranges.

 

[sportbiker]

Oh, the ride seemed comparable to a Superliner.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

Both the full service tickets and the repositioning moves are listed as having an open bar, which naturally made me wonder what sort of liquor they were serving so freely. Just a bit of curiosity more than anything else, not a make-or-break determination. If the ride is no worse than a Superliner I would expect no regrets.

 

[sportbiker]

You'll enjoy it, just for the exclusivity and the nostalgia factors.

And the domes: don't forget about the domes. Even on a short-haul trip like L.A. to San Diego, being in a dome and able to look forward and back made for a very different experience.