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Photos added on 7/2/2005

This week's update is recipe for a great railfannning day. I tested this recipe on July 2, 2005 for the Trains Unlimited Tours special heading to the NRHS Convention in Portland, Oregon. As cooks know, the best way to create a spectacular dish would be to use the finest ingredients. Some of these ingredients are rare or are hard to obtain so today's railfan recipe had the potential to be something great. Let's start with the ingredients and get right into the step by step chase:

1 special passenger train lead by PPCX 6304 in SP Black Widow paint
15 passenger cars
Running Northern California trackage on the bay and the mountains
22 hours from door to door
and enough gas and caffeine to cover 700 miles driving

Thanks to Espeedude Ryan Martin for leading the chase from the bay area and with all the info during the day. Now let's get right into Part 1 of this exciting train chase...

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Date:	7/2/2005	Road #:
Location:	Sacramento, CA	Builder/Model:
Pennsylvania Colonial Crafts was one of the cleanest passenger cars on the tour.

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California Zephyr dome Silver Lariat was also in attendance and hosted many travellers.

Date:	7/2/2005	Road #:	MILW 800040 (5 photos)
Location:	Sacramento, CA	Builder/Model:	Passenger more...
The rear Hiawatha car Cedar Rapids looked great bringin up the rear of our special.

Date:	7/2/2005	Road #:	MILW 800040 (5 photos)
Location:	Sacramento, CA	Builder/Model:	Passenger more...
Hiawatha Cedar Rapids bringing up the rear of the Trains Unlimited Tours special

Date:	7/2/2005	Road #:	MILW 800040 (5 photos)
Location:	Sacramento, CA	Builder/Model:	Passenger more...
Parting shot of Cedar Rapids with the drum light providing protection at the rear. Stay tuned for Part 2 of our chase...

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