Amtrak: Long - Long - Short . Long -

By Bob Campbell

Please stay behind the yellow line until the train comes to a complete stop. Then climb aboard and enjoy a visual trip of current Amtrak passenger travel in our section of the Northwest - plus a few other locales and liveries - through over one hundred full-color photographs, braving all kinds of weather.

While the venerable toaster - I mean, P42DC power unit - predominates the railway, we still cover the other powered and non-powered NPCU representatives that have crossed our lens over the years. Even an apparent heir to ugh, the amazing AMTK 7911 cab unit (restricted to a single image, fortunately).

You'll even find a section dedicated to the portion of the consist that pays the bills with diners, coaches, baggage cars, and even a bistro Cascade unit.

So grab a copy, settle down behind the dropping gates, and savor the "Long - Long - Short . Long -" sound of the approaching train.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bob Campbell
• Release date: Apr 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310433016

Bob Campbell

The short of it: over-educated, unemployed, and annoying with a camera. Quite possibly a dangerous combination.The long of it:I've been snapping pictures for over a quarter-of-a-century on equipment ranging from a Pentax k1000 to Canon SX700hs - but nothing fancier. In fact, after they retired my Kodachrome 64 film, I hung up the 'real cameras' and settled for "digital pocket snappers." It seems ninety percent of the challenge to taking pictures is to remember your camera (would seem obvious, wouldn't it? But look around at the folks with large, fancy cameras - no wonder they claim the phone-based lens will be the death of real photography). So I do my part and pack it almost everywhere.I was a latecomer to photography, though, so I had time to grow up in many different parts of the country with my formative stage in the South, but junior high and onward in the Pacific Northwest. The last set of initials after my name tacked on by the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine - making the 'highest degree attained' line of the survey read Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.I still live in the state of Washington with my lovely wife of over two decades who continues to be an invaluable accomplice. For any hazard I manage to avoid, our son does his best to ensure we'll see an early grave.Having spent a little time teaching, I've grown to miss a captive audience to inflict my photography upon, so thank you Smashwords for providing me a forum for dispersing my imagery pain to be loosed upon the world.

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Long - Long - Short . Long -

Amtrak

Bob Campbell

Copyright 2015 C. Robert Campbell

Photography & Images Copyright 2015 Bob Campbell

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A quickie thank you to my family for permitting me the opportunity to pull quickly off the road, leave early for church (because the road bridges the major north-south main lines in our city of Vancouver), and generally make a nuisance of myself gawking at the rails when visible from the road.

:Table of Contents:

Introduction

Toaster Parade - Ubiquitous P42DC Units

Other Power - Also Available for Your Power Pleasure

Non-Powered Control Units (NPCU)

Passenger Cars and Rolling Stock

Down at the Station

Interesting Pictures and a Funny Story

UFO - Unusual From-Faraway Objects

Special Offer

Also available from Bob Campbell

About the Author & Contact Info

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Introduction

Long - Long - Short . Long -

Welcome back! Well, at least if you've already experienced my first rail images book. If not, Welcome!

These books are my tribute to the railways across the United States, but particularly, our little corner of the world up here in the Pacific Northwest.

You might ask why devote an entire ebook to Amtrak, and I wouldn't blame you. Often times more costly than a plane ticket, slower than driving your own vehicle, and about as on-time as, uh, well, there's something to be said for a company that considers within a day or two of your scheduled arrival as being 'exactly' on time, every time! (AMTK 468, Vancouver, WA, Feb 2015)