I originally posted this on my old website on March 26, 2009.
…Continued from Part 2.
Amfleet I & Horizon Cars on Holiday Specials - Thanksgiving 2008
B32-8WH #507 at Vancouver, Washington on November 30, 2008
Due to high demand during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Amtrak runs additional trains between Portland and Seattle during this time. In 2008, these trains used Amfleet I coaches and Horizon food service cars.
The following trains were added to the schedule, in addition to the regularly-scheduled Cascades trains using the Talgo cars:
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
| Train Number | Departure Station | Departure Time | Arrival Station | Arrival Time |
| 511 | Seattle | 1:30 PM | Portland | 5:45 PM |
| 514 | Portland | 7:00 PM | Seattle | 11:15 PM |
Thursday, November 27, 2008
| Train Number | Departure Station | Departure Time | Arrival Station | Arrival Time |
| 502 | Portland | 8:00 AM | Seattle | 12:15 PM |
| 505 | Seattle | 8:30 AM | Portland | 12:45 PM |
Saturday, November 29, 2008
| Train Number | Departure Station | Departure Time | Arrival Station | Arrival Time |
| 502 | Portland | 8:00 AM | Seattle | 12:15 PM |
| 511 | Seattle | 1:30 PM | Portland | 5:45 PM |
Sunday, November 30, 2008
| Train Number | Departure Station | Departure Time | Arrival Station | Arrival Time |
| 511 | Seattle | 1:30 PM | Portland | 5:45 PM |
| 512 | Portland | 1:45 PM | Seattle | 6:00 PM |
| 514 | Portland | 7:00 PM | Seattle | 11:15 PM |
| 515 | Seattle | 7:00 PM | Portland | 11:15 PM |
Although I did not include them, these trains made all the intermediate stops made by the regular Cascades trains.
B32-8WH #507 at Vancouver, Washington on November 30, 2008
A total of eight cars were used, six Amfleet I coaches and two Horizon food service cars, labeled "CAR A" to "CAR H." I think on November 26, all the cars were coupled together and used as one train, but on the 27th, they had been split into two 4-car trains and remained that way through the weekend. The trains were powered by B32-8WHs 505 and 507, with an NPCU on the other end. The consists were as follows:
B32-8WH #507
CAR A
Amfleet I Coach #82720
CAR B
Horizon Club-Dinette #58108
CAR C
Amfleet I Coach #82540
CAR D
Amfleet I Coach #82710
NPCU #90251
NPCU #90278
CAR E
Amfleet I Coach #82500
CAR F
Horizon Café Car #58106
Car G
Amfleet I Coach #82630
CAR H
Amfleet I Coach #82570
B32-8WH #505
Locomotive 507's consist did not have an NPCU on the morning of the 27th, but by the next day it was running with NPCU #90251 and kept in through the weekend.
Amtrak B32-8WH #507 departing Portland with a northbound Thanksgiving Holiday Extra Train of Amfleet I & Horizon Cars on the morning of November 27, 2008.
There was no NPCU on the rear of this train.
NPCU #90278 in Kelso, Washington on November 27, 2008
B32-8WH #505 in Kelso, Washington on November 27, 2008
NPCU #90251 in Kelso, Washington on November 29, 2008
NPCU #90251 in Vancouver, Washington on November 30, 2008
B32-8WH #507 in Vancouver, Washington on November 30, 2008
Also during this time, P42DCs #100 and #166 were substituting for Cascades F59PHIs on some regularly scheduled Cascades trains.
P42DC #100 in Kelso, Washington on November 29, 2008
P42DC #166 in Kelso, Washington on November 30, 2008
P42DC #166 in Kelso, Washington on November 30, 2008
The following video shows several Holiday Extras and regularly-scheduled Cascades trains during the 2008 Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
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