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They closed for the season on January 15th, I believe it was. Around that time.

The Locks are closed Jan 15- Mar 25 for annual maintenance and repair.

Many years ago, I was that kid, watching my dad go off to sea for months at a time. My dad was next to me as the Clarke left, and he said of the family saying goodbye "Yeah, that gripped my throat a little bit." I've only ever been the one watching the other leave, but I imagine it's just as hard to be the one leaving.

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​@@MultiPurposeReviewerBeautiful! Glad to hear your story and experience. Makes me understand the place even more. Each city is living and alive with a beating heart.

Thank you!

Aw, shucks. Yeah, I had pretty much given up on a salute; he waited that long. Glad I was wrong, because that echo was wonderful.

It says three days ago that you posted this but three days ago I saw the Assiniboine in Port Colborne Ontario Canada Winter works. You're definitely right about the echo from the salute it sounded really good thanks for good video.

@@jayhopkins6990 Check the description; it lists the date of recording. I had some problems with my editing program that delayed the upload by over a month. I'm glad you enjoyed it though! I was glad to finally get them posted.

I don't blame them. Those ships cost almost as much to operate sitting still as they do moving, only they don't make any money sitting still. For them to seek shelter and wait for days like that is very unusual.

I always love it when people are able to decorate the vehicles and machines they work with. When I worked for an airline, there was a pilot who would put Christmas lights against the windshield while they were on the ground. Just a little thing that adds to the experience.

The men who built her, sail her, and mine the ore that fills her holds.

That's not the locomotive's horn, or even a "real" horn at all. It's a wayside horn system, which uses a recording of a horn at crossings that are in otherwise quiet zones. The WHS is aimable, so the sound is directed only at the road (or the path in this case) on both sides of the crossing. That way, the residents nearby don't get a loud horn in their home.

Novaesion lol underrated.

DVN indeed this was 3 years ago

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In his defense, it was a pretty loud horn. Like I said in my description, this was one of the loudest I've ever heard. What's interesting to me though is what kind of things the viewers see that I don't. I had never noticed that guy before. And I've had several other comments on other videos pointing out weird or funny things that I'd never noticed.

Yeah, I'm used to seeing yellow and orange on the head end, so I always like seeing the foreign power.

A running meet between a Union Pacific stack train and Amtrak Cascades #507 at Chambers Bay on December 17, 2017. You did read the title, right?

But he got up and kept on walking. Good for him!

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Why thank you!

Ah, that makes sense.

MultiPurposeReviewer some of the AmFleet cars were kept in Seattle, and are now in Cascades service down in Oregon because the Mt. Adams Cascades set got destroyed in the 501 crash

Not surprising. #181 is currently up in the Seattle coach yard.

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That's true. But there weren't any trailers or empty well cars, which makes this a unit container train, commonly referred to as a "stack train." You'll notice that some of the containers even say that. I'm not saying you're wrong, because you aren't. It's just that what you said isn't exactly applicable here.

No Intermodal Is Doesn't Have To Use All 3 It Can Just Be 1 Or 2 Or All 3

It's A FORM Of Intermodal... "Double-stack rail transport is a FORM of intermodal freight transport where intermodal containers are stacked two high on railroad cars. Introduced in North America in 1984, double stack has become increasingly common there, being used for nearly 70% of United States intermodal shipments."

I understand that, but for me, it feels less productive to group multiple permutations of various cargo under "intermodal." While it's technically correct, that means that stack trains, trailer trains, empty well car trains, and any combination thereof all get labeled as simply "intermodal." I would rather my viewers have a more specific idea of what they're watching. If someone only wants to see trailer (piggyback) trains, then I don't want them to have to sift through a bunch of "intermodal" videos to find what they want; I'd rather label the video as a trailer train, or as "mixed with trailers." It's just how I work.

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Thank you! Somebody who knows what they're talking about!

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I don't know what you mean, but thanks!

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Really? So the fact that this was the last Starlight to travel along the Sound is just a coincidence? I've been chasing trains up and down the Sound for a few years now, and been riding them many more years than that. Rarely are there any kind of dome cars on any train, and when there are, it's special. There are occasionally a smattering of private cars, but nothing like this. This was by far the highest concentration of exotic cars on a train that I've ever seen out here. Given that this was (supposed to be) the last time this train would ever travel along Puget Sound, I find it extremely hard to believe that all those cars were there simply by chance.

MultiPurposeReviewer Yes it was just a coincidence. There is nothing exotic about Horizon coaches or Ocean View, as Horizon coaches are common and Ocean View travels the country. The California Zephyr cars do frequently make trips on the Coast Starlight. Sometimes they don't make the entire trip and transfer to other trains to reach specific destinations, but those cars are seen quite often. I myself have seen Silver Lariat come in on #11 into Los Angeles, and that was just this summer. I know once doesn't mean much but I don't railfan often as I don't have the time.

MultiPurposeReviewer My co worker knows Amtrak crews and rode behind Ocean View today on the Pacific Surfliner, proving my earlier statement that it was just a deadhead move of Ocean View and the 4 Horizon coaches.

They're seen quite often around the system, but on any given train, they're a rarity. For instance, if Ocean View travels the country, how often does it ride with the Starlight? There's such a large number of trains in the system, even if it constantly rotated between them in the same order, it would only visit any one train every few months, which means just a few times a year. That makes it unusual. And I associate Horizonliners with the East Coast and Northeast. They are not common out here. For me, seeing them in the Pacific Northwest is a real sight.

MultiPurposeReviewer Seattle keeps a few Horizon coaches (not Horizonliners) for emergencies. They're actually pretty common on short-haul routes on the West Coast, mainly California routes but they do occasionally find themselves replacing a Talgo set when there isn't one running. The Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin use repainted Horizon Cafe/Dinettes on the Comet I sets. Rarely do Horizons run on the East Coast, if ever. The East Coast is pretty much Amfleets and Viewliners only with the only two exceptions being the Capitol Limited and the Auto Train. The biggest concentration of Horizons is in Chicago where they are used on Illinois Service (Illini, Carl Sandburg), The Missouri River Runner, Michigan routes, and the Hiawatha to name a few.