and he notes - Amtrak began on May 1st 1971 with locomotives and cars from various roads, U. P. being one of them.
Here is an article on which railroads participated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_railroads_eligible_to_participate_in_the_formation_of_Amtrak Amtrak operated all of the long distance trains with the same equipment in original paint until new cars and locos arrived or the rolling stock could be repainted. U. P.s "City of Everywhere" was one of them - thus the UP livery on 'day one'. I was at LAUPT the night before (April 30th) for the last run of SF's "Grand Canyon". It wasn't included in Amtrak's schedule (about half of the 350 or so long distance trains existing before May 1st were dropped). Raleigh in Nippy Mainey.. At 10:20 PM 12/19/2010, Bill Lane wrote: > >"Anyway - this train went to the horizon. It was running on the **FIRST** day >of Amtrak's creation! I thought train passenger travel was down at that >time. I doubt U P would have run THIS train with 3 people on it!" ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
