The Dunsmuir set of helpers heads south down the hill to tie on to the second section of a long northbound. Long trains are split for the run up or down the hill and then reassembled.
Just like a lot of us got our start with the fascination of trains, a young boy and his mom watch the departure of a manifest from Dunsmuir California.
Amtrak no. 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, running 5 plus hours late arrives at the Dunsmuir Amtrak Station. Dunsmuir is a true railroad town. In 1887,the Central Pacific completed the line t... (more)