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Saturday October the 8th, 2011 was a gorgeous day, in fact, my whole week in Michigan (after a really, really rainy start to my trip on the preceding Sunday and Monday) was most spectacular with the fall colors going full tilt!
On top of that, the sight lines were the best I have seen so far, having also seen the train in Baltimore MD, Perryville MD, Harrisburg PA, Scranton PA, and Strasburg PA.
If you plan on visiting the area, please check
my guides for towns in the area:
Ann Arbor
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Durand
Albion
Or the index to all 23 of my maps and
guides for Michigan is
here if you want
some other destination.
The above photo came from the Akron Railroad Club's website
at:
http://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/tag/amtrak-40th-anniversary-exhibit-train/
A WB Wolverine meets the Anniversary train on Saturday afternoon.
Inside the station, it was very busy up until the 4pm closing
time.
I have a picture of the commemorative painting in my Baltimore
page, but I did not get a picture of the info board for it.
I don't remember seeing the info board on the Amtrak logo
earlier on in the trips, but I suffer from CRS :-)
Steve Ostrowski and myself... Steve is THE 40th Anniversary Trainmaster, and you
will find him at every stop the train makes. He is the best of the best.
He kidded me about stalking him since when I saw him in Scranton, I told him it
would probably be the last time... surprise! We're looking forward to
seeing him in Richmond VA and maybe Raleigh NC and/or the Spencer Shops NC next
spring! If you get a chance to say hi to him, make sure you thank him for
the excellent job they have all done with the train!
Two Amtrak officers came over
from Chicago with their canine friend.
An Amtrak plaque they picked up in (I believe) Providence RI (see, it pays to
visit often!!!)
Mildred, from the west coast, was doing the honors in the gift
shop and doing an exemplary job putting up with all of us railfans.
Mindy (L) and Kelli are from
America By Rail,
and provide complete tour by rail packages on Amtrak or by VIA in Canada.
Guys from the Michigan Association of
Railroad Passengers had a table full of goodies....
When you're not in awe at the rest of the train, you have more time to take in
the "peripheral" stuff :-) It was tough to get a good picture of the rug
with the sunlight shining on part of it.
Reps from the National Association of
Railroad Passengers were present.
I would like to thank Dave from
Royal Oak for taking this picture!
The train had one of the largest crowds coming thru despite
the train not being near any metro area, altho Steve did say that the closer to
a large city they were, the crowds were usually smaller.
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