(HD) Chasing Amtrak AAPRCO Mississippian Special

Amtrak AAPRCO May 2014

Filmed on: 5-25-2014

For the first time in History Amtrak runs on the KCS Gulfport Subdivision all the mileage is RARE on this line because this line is not on the Amtrak Passenger System making it a very rare sight to see Amtrak run on the KCS Gulfport Sub.

I chased this Amtrak AAPROC Special Train from Gulfport, MS to Hattiesburg, MS. The 3 hour chase puts me and the Amtrak Special into Hattiesburg, MS around 10:30am with the chase starting at 6:33am at Gulfport, MS.

Road Power:

Amtrak 822 (P40DC) Phase III Heritage Scheme
Amtrak 162 (P42DC)

The Whole Train Consist:

1. Amtrak 822
2. Amtrak 162
3. Lambert's Point
4. Northern Sky
5. Northern Dreams
6. Caritas
7. Cimarron River
8. Prairie View
9. Federal
10. Pacific Sands
11. Tioga Pass
12. Berlin
13. Dearing
14. Georgia 300

Chase Locations:

1. Gulfport, MS
Gulfport Train Depot

1. CSXT Q605-23
Engines:
CSXT 5
CSXT 465

2. Amtrak AAPRCO Gets the Green light and the chase is on!!!

2. Gulfport, MS
Best Buy Shopping Plaza

3. Lyman, MS
Hwy 53

4. Saucier, MS
Desoto Park Road

5. Saucier, MS
Old Hwy 49

6. Saucier, MS
Pine St Road

7. McHenry, MS
Old Hwy 49

8. Perkinston, MS
Hwy 49 Overpass

9. Wiggins, MS
W Pine Ave

10. Maxie, MS
Church Road

11. Brooklyn, MS
Yeaton Spur Road

12. Brooklyn, MS
Main Ave

13. Hattiesburg, MS
1. Shoving up the CN line
2. Taking the connection track and getting on the NS main line
3. Shoving back towards the Amtrak Hattiesburg Station
4. Departing Hattiesburg, MS and heading south towards New Orleans, LA