There is a nice pink glow in the eastern sky as the sun rises early on this October morning. UP 4576 leads the westbound MNYPV into the siding at Leyden. The train will be meeting an eastbound coal load (already out of Rocky) before continuing on west.
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Approaching the east switch of Leyden, we see Amtrak 5 and the GrandLuxe Limited mixed together as one train. From October 2007 to January 2008, GrandLuxe Rail Journeys contracted with Amtrak to add a seven cars to the end of Amtrak.
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It's pretty rare these days to see three P42's on the California Zephyr, but for a few times in October and November of 2007, such would be the case as seven GrandLuxe Rail Journey cars were added to the end of Amtrak, creating the GrandLuxe Limited. Here, the train passes by the east end of the Leyden on its first journey west toward Emeryville.
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Amtrak 5 heads west on the main at Leyden carrying behind it seven GrandLuxe Rail Journey (formerly American Orient Express) cars. You can see the difference in height between the Superliners and the GrandLuxe cars. This is the first trip of the GrandLuxe Limited, a new concept here in 2007.
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