Central Coast Chapter's

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2nd Gen to 3rd Gen: But Some Things Never Change
Photos by Ken Rattenne
Somethings never change, especially when photographing Amtrak.  Above, on November 28, 1988 Union Pacific 3632 leads a near on-time Amtrak No. 5 through Blue Canyon during a late Fall snow flurry. Tucked in behind the off-line diesel are a pair of Amtrak's ubiquituous F40PH units, the standard power for the passenger carrier's long and short distance trains through the 1990s. The UP SD40-2 was most likely added to the consist in Ogden.

Right, fast forward to February 5, 2005. No. 5 is tardy - over five hours so - as it accelerates away from the Truckee depot with yet another Union Pacific unit to assist the run over Donner Pass. This time, however, UP is now the owner of the Donner Pass route and Amtrak's F40PHs have given way to a pair of gurgling General Electric P42s. 
 
 
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