#operation lifesaver

[aryburn-kc]

UP 951 by Dan Mackey Via Flickr: 1987 Operation Lifesaver lash-up at UP's Neff Yard in the East Bottoms of Kansas City consist: UP 951, SP 9556, BN 2177, KCS 755, MKT 360

[aryburn-trains]

Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver unit, F40PH 231, leads "San Diegan" #781 westbound at the station at Fullerton, California. Eastbounds normally use the south main, so finding a westbound here is unusual. May 17, 1996

[aryburn-trains]

Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver unit, F40PH 231, shoves on the rear of "San Diegan" #590 as it heads to San Diego from Los Angeles. The Fullerton station stop is two miles ahead. Note the privately owned former "California Zephyr" dome car "Silver Lariat" in the consist. February 28, 1998

[aryburn-trains]

Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver unit, F40PH 231, leads "San Diegan" #781 westbound into the station at Fullerton, California. Eastbounds normally use the south main, so finding a westbound here is unusual. May 17, 1996

[aryburn-trains]

Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver unit, F40PH 231, hustles "San Diegan" #779 through Basta, two miles west of the Fullerton, California, station, as the train heads from San Diego to Los Angeles and, eventually, Goleta (near Santa Barbara). March 17, 1997

[aryburn-trains]

Next Stop - Fullerton! Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver unit, F40PH 231, shoves San Diegan #578 eastbound through Metrolink's Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station on February 18, 1997. This train, with a former Metroliner cab car up front, has just slowed from 70 miles-per-hour to 60 mph - track speed for passenger trains (except Metrolink's trains, since this is a station stop for them - but they use the two outer tracks so as to not block the mains when making their stops).

[aryburn-trains]

Amtrak F40PH 231 speeds "San Diegan" #779 west through Fullerton, CA on February 19, 1997.

[gregbruhl]

Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner in Operation Lifesaver Commercial from Looney Tunes 1987