Classic B32-8WH leads Amtrak's Missouri River Runner "Push/Pull" Special!
2,170 views · Published 6 January 2016 · 1:55 · Indexed 25 October 2026
Channel: Jason Stiles · 2016 · Entertainment
Filmed 01/01/16 So I'm at work Friday and Chris tells me to basically do whatever I can to get out of work and get over to Lee's Summit depot by 2pm. Normally, with me getting off by 1pm, that's tricky on a good day. Well, It turns out Friday was a very good day and I was able to get out, get home and get cleaned up, grab my camera and was at the depot by 1:56pm. I had no clue what was coming, I was under the impression Union Pacific had shut the line down across Missouri due to all the flooding east of Jefferson City, and heard that Amtrak had cancelled the River Runners as well till the waters subsided and the line was safe. I didn't know Amtrak changed things up. Missouri has two of these River Runners that operate between Kansas City and St. Louis over UP's Sedalia sub between KC and Jefferson City, and the Jefferson City Sub between Jeff City and St. Louis. It was the Jeff City Sub that was flooded out in a few places and that changed things. River Runners 314/313 (K.C. - St.L. - K.C.) and the 311/316 (St.L. - K.C. - St.L.) were merged into one train, the 314/311 and it ran K.C. - Jeff City - K.C. It was set up in push/pull service because there isn't anyway to wye the train in Jefferson City to turn it around for the return trip to Kansas City. What made it even neater was the use of old B32-8WH #500 on one end. Fortunately, it was the end where Chris and I could get it leading the way. P42DC #67 was on the other end for leading the way to Jefferson City. This is also my first train of 2016, so it's appropriate that it's also my first railfanning video of the year. Coming up this Sunday is an N scale video that I filmed last Wednesday at a MASSIVE home layout over in Leavenworth, KS. I met my buddy Shane in Liberty, MO and rode with him over to Kansas. The individual is a member of the N club, so he knows Shane pretty well, where as I'm the n00b in all this. :D I do have some HO stuff in the works too. I think I need to film a little more of that this Saturday at the club so I can get it up two Sundays from now. At least that's the tentative plan. Kansas City has so much prototype rail activity, anything juicy could come through the area and change the plans. So we'll see. Anyway, I'll be going back to Kansas next Wednesday so look for even more of that later on. But for now, that's all. See you next time! Jason ---------------------------- Chris' Channel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/844Train Shane's Channels: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebrakeman17 Facebook: Shane Mason Spencer's Channels: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NS8010 Facebook: Spencer Batey Vinny's Channels: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bnsf6951 Facebook: Vinny Sestito ---------------------------- My Stuff: facebook (Railfan Jason) - https://www.facebook.com/JasonRS.UP9229 facebook (Eastern Jackson County Mainliners) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/EJCMRailroadClub/ deviantART (UP9229) - http://up9229.deviantart.com/ Train club account: - http://www.youtube.com/user/EJCMRailroadClub/featured EJCM website: - http://easternjacksoncountymainliners.com/ Yahoo group: - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Freelanced_Model_Railroads/
