Day 2, July 30, 2017 - Bryan, OH to Coralville, IA

Day 2 - Sunday July 30, 2017 - Bryan, OH to Coralville, IA (Iowa City)
Distance:  671km,  Time: 10:00hrs, hotter than yesterday
Sunny Hot 29c - 20c
Overnight: Quality Inn,  209 W. 9th St., Coralville, IA (****), clean and new

Started out at 6:45 to get to the Amtrak station for Train 49, the Lakeshore Ltd, it is due at 7:08, but it was late and arrived at 7:50, but there was a bonus as there were 3 Eastbound Doble Stack trains, and Amtrak Tr#29 the Capitol Ltd, came in advance of the Lakeshore Ltd.

 There is a bronze plaque at the station to the NYC high speed land record set in 1966.

NS Stack Train E/B at Bryan, OH at 7am


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