Charlotte, NC (Amtrak's Carolinian, Piedmont & Crescent) - Photos Page 3

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Amfleet II #25003 in its new Phase VII livery

The Amtrak logo on the P32 that is the second locomotive of the northbound Crescent, stopping just before dawn

The modern Phase VII livery on a Charger Locomotive that is leading the Crescent

The Charger Locomotive and fuel truck next to it. The depot is beyond them

The Charger Locomotive at the front of the Crescent, the fuel truck is refueling it, with the darkened depot just beyond

Charger #306 is refueled in the Charlotte Station at dawn so it can continue to pull the Crescent as far as Washington, DC (where it will be swapped for an electric locomotive the rest of the way to New York)

Looking down the extremely long island platform with its concrete canopy at Charlotte

The ramp down into the station to leave the platform beyond Charger #306 on the Crescent

Looking past the locomotives and down the platform at Charlotte

A bench and closed door of the Amfleet II cafe/lounge car on the Crescent

Diner #68010 stopped at Charlotte on the Crescent

The skyline of Charlotte is visible beyond the Viewliner Baggage/Dorm car at the back of the Crescent making its dawn stop

Viewliner II Bag Dorm on the Crescent and the Amfleet IIs of the Carolinian that overnights on the siding track just beyond the Crescent, and will leave for New York via Raleigh and Rocky Mount, instead of the more direct route of the Crescent via Charlottesville

The end of the platform at Charlotte and skyline in the distance

The taillights of the Crescent on the Viewliner Baggage/Dorm at the back of the Crescent

The back of the Crescent and Amfleet I cars of the Carolinian

A Charlotte, NC platform sign

The day slowly breaks on the two P42 Locomotives at Charlotte

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