Amtrak Archive
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Number of Engines we Have Seen
Posted on June 26, 2012 | No CommentsAfter reading in a North American Railroads: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, by Brian Solomon, that as of 2009 CSX had over 4,000 engines it got me thinking about how many of that number had we seen since we started keeping our train log. So I sat... -
National Train Day at Toledo
Posted on May 7, 2012 | No CommentsSteve, Mom and I went up Saturday May 5, 2012 to Toledo for their National Day Event. They always have theirs the weekend before National Train Day. Of course we chased up there. We got to the station at 9:30 am and there was no... -
Northwest Ohio, December 6th, 2011
Posted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsBack on the 6th of December, Emily and I headed up to northwestern Ohio in search of depots, trains and Ballreich Potato Chips. We caught our first train 12 minutes before 7:00 AM in Troy right by the depot. It was 100 cars of all... -
Huelsy’s Train Blog Rail Tour 2012
Posted on November 30, 2011 | 2 CommentsAfter a poorly planned Huelsy’s Train Blog Rail Tour 2011, we decided to plan ahead much better. I had read a book in early July and the B&O and decided to go to Baltimore to visit the museum. The trip was planned in late July/early August... -
Number of Engines Seen Part 5 (November 2011)
Posted on November 14, 2011 | No CommentsThis is current as of 11/14/11. Increase of engines seen since last update in () AK Steel- 2 Allied Metal- 2 Amtrak- 57 BNSF- 73 (17) Buckingham Branch- 2 CBNS(Cape Brenton & Nova Scotia)- 1 CEFX- 5 (3) CF&E(Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern)- 6 (1)... -
Chicago Union Station
Posted on September 21, 2011 | 4 CommentsFirst of as you can probably tell I am way behind on updating the site. Sorry about that. Now onto Chicago Union Station. Emily and I were supposed to have a nine-hour layover in Chicago but due to the Capital Limited being 5 hours late, we... -
Idiots on Amtrak
Posted on September 2, 2011 | No CommentsWhen we were on the Capitol Limited heading home by way of Chicago our train hit a foreign object. We were stopped for 3 hours (what I had guessed the wait would be, Steve said 1/2 hour). The train was somewhere west of Cumberland, MD... -
Number of Engines Seen Part 4 (August 2011)
Posted on August 31, 2011 | No CommentsThis is current as of 8/28/11 AK Steel-2 (2) Allied Metal-2 (2) Amtrak-57 (50) BNSF- 56 (12) Buckingham Branch- 2 (2) CBNS(Cape Brenton & Nova Scotia)-1 CEFX(leasing company)-2 CF&E(Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern)- 5 CITX- 2 (2) CN- 7 (5) CNUR (Connersville and New Castle)-1 (1)... -
Huelsy’s Train Blog Rail Tour ’11: Baltimore, Maryland Final Grade (Emily Edition)
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No CommentsAmtrak Cardinal to Baltimore: I loved the trip. Getting to go through Hamilton and past Glendale, two plasces we train chase was awesome. I liked going past Queensgate Yard in Cincinnati, I had been looking forward to that. The scenery in West Virginia and Virginia was breathtaking. Final Grade: B Hotel: This left... -
Huelsy’s Train Blog Rail Tour ’11: Baltimore, Maryland Final Grade (Steven Edition)
Posted on August 25, 2011 | No CommentsAmtrak Cardinal to Baltimore: The trip to Baltimore started off on the wrong foot with the Cardinal showing up to Connersville 1 hour and 25 minutes late. The train ride its self was good besides a few idiots. Just like airline food it was overpriced...
