Amtrak's California Zephyr at Christmastime - Ottumwa and Batavia, IA, 12/24 - 12/25/17

Описание: Hope everyone had a wonderful and merry Christmas for 2017! Those of us wishing for a white Christmas in southeast Iowa got our wish this year, as the first significant snowfall for this part of the state fell early in the morning on Christmas Eve. I took advantage of the snowfall to go out and get a few shots of Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr, train #6. The first part of the video begins in Ottumwa on Christmas Eve, as the Zephyr arrives at the station and departs. As you can see though most of the snow already fell early that morning, it was still coming down at this time, with the train arriving about 1 1/2 hours late.

The Zephyr was about as late the following day on Christmas, and I chose to film this day's train east of Ottumwa at a rural grade crossing before Batavia, Iowa. By this time the train has picked up speed after its Ottumwa station stop, and flies past kicking up lots of snow. Clear skies made for much brighter photography but it was windy and bitter cold. This view was worth it though!

For the added demand on the holidays, you'll notice that an extra sleeping car is in the consist of both days' trains. Locomotives on trains were as follows:

12/24/17
AMTK 188 - P42DC
AMTK 67 - P42DC

12/25/17
AMTK 3 - P42DC
AMTK 817 - P40DC

YouTube user A. Train also filmed both of these trains near Ottumwa and Batavia in Agency, IA. His videos can be viewed by clicking these links: 12/24/17:    • Amtrak in Falling Snow on Christmas Eve   12/25/17:    • Amtrak on White Christmas Plays Jingle Bells  

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