http://www.drgw.net/gallery/main.php http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/BNSF_4798_C44_9W_TALGO_SET_EAST_OF_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2634.jpg.html 51928 BNSF 4798 leads AMTK 145 and the Talgo set west from La Junta to the Transportation Test Center interchange at Avondale, CO, on Dec 3, 2012. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_SET_EAST_OF_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2644.jpg.html 51932 The set arrives at Avondale, where it will be set up to be taken into the Transportation Test Center (TTC) for testing. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/AMTK_145_TALGO_SET_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2813.jpg.html 51935 Both legs of the wye, showing the six old Amtrak cars that were used for braking power on the trip out. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/AMTK_145_TALGO_SET_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2836.jpg.html 51938 After being dropped off, the Talgo set and AMTK 145 sit on the east leg of the wye to the TTC. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/BNSF_4978_C44_9W_AMTRAK_CARS_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2829.jpg.html 51941 BNSF 4798 picks up the braking cars and prepares to head back to La Junta, where these cars will be returned to Amtrak via the eastbound Southwest Chief. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_7110_BAGGAGE_AXLE_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2697.jpg.html 51944 Details of the axle on Talgo 7110, the baggage car http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_7110_BAGGAGE_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2698.jpg.html 51947 The end of baggage car Talgo 7110 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_7110_BAGGAGE_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2700.jpg.html 51950 Car 7119, the baggage car of the set http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_7202_COACH_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2707.jpg.html 51953 Car 7202, a coach segment http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_7202_AXLE_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2708.jpg.html 51956 Axle detail on car 7202 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_7310_BISTRO_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2716.jpg.html 51959 Car 7310, the bistro car http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_7560_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2718.jpg.html 51962 Car 7560, marked "Custom" - presumably for US and Canadian Customs use as these trains cross the border at Blaine, WA, on the Cascades route. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_7810_DINING_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2717.jpg.html 51965 Car 7810, the dining car http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_7910_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2721.jpg.html 51968 Car 7910, the control cab for the end opposite the locomotive http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_7910_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2723.jpg.html 51971 Another view of control cab car 7910 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_7910_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2726.jpg.html 51974 A face only a mother could love, and even then probably only if she were blind. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_SET_POWERED_TRUCK_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2740.jpg.html 51977 Cab car end truck on 7910. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_SET_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2735.jpg.html 51980 The Talgo Series VIII set arrives at Avondale http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_SET_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2786.jpg.html 51983 Now cut free of the braking cars, sitting at Avondale http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_SET_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2795.jpg.html 51986 A front view of cab car 7910. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_SET_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2797.jpg.html 51989 Another side view of the Series VIII set, painted for Amtrak Cascades service. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_SET_DIAPHRAGM_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2744.jpg.html 51992 A look at the diaphragm and axle arrangement between the customs car and the control cab. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AmtrakTalgo-3Dec2012/TALGO_SET_TEST_LOADS_AVONDALE_CO_3DEC12_NATHAN_ZACHMAN_IMG_2749.jpg.html 51995 Note the seats are occupied... by barrels of water, presumably for weighting the train as if it had passengers.