Live Coverage of the Texas Eagle California Train - Live coverage, includig photos, of the inaugural Amtrak Texas Eagle California Service on February 6, 1998.
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Almost Live Coverage Of The Inaugural Run Of The Amtrak Texas Eagle/California Service Train February 6 through 9, 1998
TrainWeb.com/texaseagle/live.html
Almost live coverage of my rail journey to Chicago on the Amtrak
Southwest Chief and then onboard the Amtrak Inaugural
Texas Eagle/California Service was provided via this web page.
Photos and text were uploaded using my video camera, Snappy video capture
device, notebook computer and cellular modem. The frequency of posting
updates depended on the quality of cellular service along the route and
finding time to upload during dwell time when communication was the most
stable.
Live coverage of my trip aboard the Amtrak Southwest Chief went
very well. All the equipment worked perfectly and clear cellular modem
communication was available for most of the route. Live coverage from
onboard the Texas Eagle did not go as well. For some reason,
the cellular network decided there was a significant probability that
my phone had been cloned and shut down my service! I wasn't able to
get service restored until I reached California. I was able to borrow
the phone of another passenger to do one mid-travel update not far from
Little Rock, Arkansas, and then one more update just as we were on the
approach to Los Angeles once my service had been restored. More
information about this problem is provided below in the travelogue for
the Amtrak Texas Eagle/California Service.
Each of the travelogues below were composed while I was enroute, so the
format is a "blow by blow" presentation. Except for a few
final comments and the full size 640 x 480 photos, all of the text and
photos that comprise the travelogues below were generated and uploaded
direct from the train while enroute!
Click on a link below to view the travelogue and photos:
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