Talgo Trains
of The Amtrak Cascades and
Los Angeles - Las Vegas Service
www.trainweb.com/accommod/talgo.html
This page features many photos of the Amtrak Talgos, both inside and outside,
from both the Amtrak Cascades and the Amtrak Las Vegas Service! You will even
find links to 360x360 virtual tours of both Talgo trainsets below!
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for photos of the new Talgo for the Amtrak Cascades visiting Los Angeles
on their way from the Pueblo Test Track back to the Pacific Northwest.
These photos were taken on November 21, 1998 by Sam Pottinger of
Sam's Steel Rails West.
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for photos of the original Talgo Trains formerly in service. These are photos of both
the exterior and interior of the Talgo Trains from the Mount Adams
operating between Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. The photos also
show some scenery from Seattle to Portland and Amtrak's Metropolitan Lounge
in Portland. A locomotive that is the same size and shape as the other
Talgo passenger cars is also shown and was used on the trip that I took
on Amtrak's Mount Adams from Seattle to Portland. However, this type of
locomotive will not be used with the Talgo sets that Amtrak has purchased.
Instead, the F59PHI Locomotives will be used. See below.
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for photos of the Amtrak F59PHIs that will be used to pull the Talgo Trains.
In the above photos that show the new Talgos being assembled, you will
notice that some Talgo Cars have sweeping crowns that rise above the
level of the other Talgo passenger cars. In each trainset, that car will be placed
between the F59PHI locomotive and the other passenger cars and this crown
will be used as a visual transition between the
shorter Talgo passenger cars and the taller F59PHI locomotive.
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for TALGO Technical Information and "A Proposal to endorse TALGO trains for California,
Arizona and Nevada use by 2005" by the late Dr. Adrian Herzog, former Vice President for Research and
Development, URPA.
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