June 1, 2014:

 

            I got up at 7:30 am and got dressed. I went to the lobby for breakfast. After breakfast, I walked to the Amtrak station one more time. I filmed train #73 arriving one more time. I then photographed the train.

 

 

            I then rode the shuttle to the museum one more time. When I got there, I photographed NKP 190 with CN #6789. They had been moved the night before for the night show. I did not go. I had heard there would be something tonight.

 

 

 

            I then photographed Pennsylvania #5809 with its train after it returned from Charlotte.

 

 

 

 

            I then photographed the three private cars parked next to Amtrak's 40^th anniversary train.

 

 

 

 

            I photographed Wabash #1009 on the turntable.

 

 

            I went inside the roundhouse and photographed some exhibits inside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            I then went outside and photographed various E-units on display.

 

 

 

 

            For the morning, the passenger train would have Pennsylvania #5711 and Chicago and Northwestern #411 for power. I went for a ride and photographed the locomotives.

 

 

 

            I also photographed a news anchor doing a story about the event.

 

 

            I had noticed the train rides had gone underneath a pedestrian overpass. I went there to try to photograph the train as it came through.  While walking there, I photographed a mural on a building across the street.

 

 

            The train wasn't coming. I guess the crew had stopped for lunch. I get getting hot so I went to the roundhouse. I photographed a couple things there.

 

 

 

 

 

            I saw CB&Q E5 #9911 had cab tours going. I took some photos.

 

 

 

            I then went outside and photographed more equipment including the museum's own Norfolk and Western GP9 #620 and Southern GP30 #2601.

 

 

 

            Meanwhile, the two units from the Potomac Eagle tourist train were now hauling the museum's passenger train. I photographed them before I went for a ride.

 

 

 

            After the ride, I took some more photos.

 

 

 

 

            I went to the pedestrian overpass and waited for the train to pass. When it came, I photographed it.

 

 

 

 

            I then wandered over to Alco PA #190. I had a chat with Doyle McCormick and someone from the Museum of the American Railroad which I visited on my Dallas trip. Since then, the museum relocated to Frisco, Texas. They also have an Alco PA which they are cosmetically restoring to its original Santa Fe livery. Doyle McCormick gave them some parts for it. I asked him to say hi to Anthony who got me to see PCCs 4613 and 4614 and thus completed my quest.

 

            I photographed #190.

 

 

            I eventually had dinner at a pub and grill across the street from the museum. After dinner, I went back to the museum. I noticed that F40 #406 had been coupled up to the front of P42 #42. I photographed it.

 

 

            I saw the museum was moving locomotives around. I found out there would be no night show after all and the museum would close at 8:00 pm. I phoned a taxi to pick me up at 8:15. The person who I spoke to addressed me as “ma'am”. When I told them I was a guy, they apologized. At least they're better than the company that made me miss the Lakeshore Limited on my Washington-Cleveland trip.

 

            I took a few more photos at the museum including one more shot of the Amtrak 40^th anniversary train. I watched as the locomotives that came to the museum were being arranged for transport back to their homes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            I saw that PRR #5711 had been coupled to #5809 and then coupled to the three passenger cars that had accompanied them in preparation for their departure from the museum.

 

 

 

 

            The taxi came 10 minutes late which was no big deal. I got back to my hotel and paid the taxi driver. I worked on this report some more. I also packed and phone for a cab at 1:30 am and had a nap after setting the alarm on my phone.

 

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