2015 APPRCO Convention Special - Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis was a special train of privately owned railroad cars that are part of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners (AAPRCO). The train was in conjunction with the annual convention in 2015.
Amtrak's AAPRCO Spirit of St. Louis special ties down on a 2 day overlay very near the Montgomery Inn Boathouse, in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The train will back out from the Peavine to NS's near... (more)
The AAPRCO special "Spirit of St. Louis" highballs Westbound heading towards St. Louis.
The NS engine was added due to a stretch of 2.8% grade located on this ex-Southern line.
The rain is falling down in buckets as the Amtrak Phase I heritage unit leads NS 951, the AAPRCO St. Louis Convention Charter, by the Southern Searchlight masts and the RJ Corman diamond in Shelby... (more)
NS train 951, the AAPRCO convention special, is beginning its final leg into Louisville after meeting train 376 at Tucker. "The Spirit of St. Louis" operated from Chicago to Cincinnati ... (more)
Amtrak's Phase I "Bloody Nose" heritage unit makes a rare appearance on the Pope Lick Trestle pulling NS train 951, the AAPRCO convention special. The foam around the bottom of the the ... (more)
AMTK 156, 154 and a long string of private cars sit at the end of track on Indiana and Ohio’s Oasis Subdivision. The train is laying over for the day before continuing its trip to St Louis for t... (more)
A shot that will probably never be duplicated ever again. NS 951, the AAPRCO Saint Louis Convention passenger train, rolls under the Southern searchlights at Delaplain on a gloomy and rainy fall d... (more)
The rain lets up for just a brief moment as the AAPRCO Saint Louis Convention passenger special splits the Southern searchlights at Avenstoke with the Amtrak Phase I heritage unit leading
The AAPRCO Saint Louis Convention passenger special rolls across the wooden trestle and through the Southern Searchlights at Salvisa with the Phase I Amtrak heritage unit leading another plain P42... (more)
With Fall colors starting to show and leafs starting to fall Amtrak's Phase 1 Heritage # 156 layover by the Montgomery Inn's Boathouse on tracks were trains are rare sight to see and is used by th... (more)
AMTK 156 makes a grand entrance into Indiana & Ohio's Undercliff Yard on the point of the AAPRCO special. In the distance, NKP 901 switches the Oliver Hazard Perry onto the train. The 901 is owned... (more)