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Viewing Album:  Strange Happenings on Amtrak
 
By:Matthew Zisi
Dates:4/20/2017 - 5/4/2017
Album Info:This story all started April 21st, when the Amtrak was late getting back up to Norman. I wasn't sleeping well that night, and I woke up around one in the morning-in time to hear it honk as it was leaving the station! It was supposed to arrive at 8:50, so it was almost 4 hours late! When I saw it the next day, I knew something was up, so I did a quick web search. Turns out it hit a van in Davis the night of the 21st, and one person was killed. I don't know whether the crash was the person's fault or whether they just couldn't get out of the way in time, but it's a tragic story either way, and my thoughts and prayers go out to the victim's family. I'm assuming, though, that the authorities had to investigate the engine involved, which is why...well, you'll see.
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Amtrak 62
Title:  Amtrak 62
Description:  For those of you who are not familiar with The Heartland Flyer, it runs twice daily-once from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth in the morning, and once the opposite way in the evening. It usually has one engine on the southbound end, two or three coaches, and...
Photo Date:  4/20/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 6:14:28 PM
Location:  Norman, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 62(P42DC)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
Amtrak 90222
Title:  Amtrak 90222
Description:  one engine on back...usually this one, an old engine that has had the motor removed and is used strictly as the cab for the engineer when the train heads north. There always has to be a north-facing cab for northbound trips...
Photo Date:  4/20/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 6:16:01 PM
Location:  Norman, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 90222(NPCU)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Amtrak 62
Title:  Amtrak 62
Description:  The morning after the wreck, the Flyer was about 25 minutes late. Notice something missing?
Photo Date:  4/22/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 6:20:01 PM
Location:  Norman, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 62(P42DC)
Views:  165   Comments: 2
Amtrak Coaches
Title:  Amtrak Coaches
Description:  Yep, no 90222. However, it had to be on the train when it came through that night--otherwise, there would have been nowhere for the engineer to sit. That meant it was still in Oklahoma City, and as the Flyer is the only Amtrak train which goes through OKC, there was only one Amtrak train to take it back out again. I figured that the next day, I might see something else interesting when it went down to Fort Worth.
Photo Date:  4/22/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 6:23:16 PM
Location:  Norman, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  118   Comments: 0
Amtrak 62
Title:  Amtrak 62
Description:  The train was even later the next day, but as soon as I saw it, I knew my guess was correct.
Photo Date:  4/23/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 6:24:50 PM
Location:  Norman, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 62(P42DC) AMTK 51(P42DC) AMTK 90222(NPCU)
Views:  188   Comments: 1
Amtrak 51 90222
Title:  Amtrak 51 90222
Description:  So that's why there were three engines on a three-coach train, April 23, 2017-and two of them were on the back!
Photo Date:  4/23/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 6:26:44 PM
Location:  Norman, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 51(P42DC) AMTK 90222(NPCU)
Views:  246   Comments: 2
Amtrak 62
Title:  Amtrak 62
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 6:27:59 PM
Location:  Norman, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 62(P42DC)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
Amtrak 6
Title:  Amtrak 6
Description:  Next time I saw the Heartland Flyer, neither #51 nor #90222 were on the back.
Photo Date:  5/4/2017  Upload Date: 12/21/2017 6:29:11 PM
Location:  Norman, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 6(P42DC)
Views:  126   Comments: 0

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