| Title: |
Amtrak No. 1 |
| Description: |
During the 1980 Christmas Season, Amtrak regularly leased Southern Pacific SD40T-2 units to assist pairs of SDP40F's on very long SUNSETS, and here is SP 8564 - along with Amtrak 511 and 518 - accelerating a westbound train out of Avondale Yard. By this time, most of the other western long-distance trains had been re-equipped with SUPERLINERS; so Amtrak was able to run 15-car SUNSETS, which was still steam heated, using some of the cars released from these other trains. Within a few months, the SUNSET itself would also receive SUPERLINERS, and it would never again operate with this many cars unless something REALLY special was going on! |
| Photo Date: |
12/29/1980 Upload Date: 11/15/2016 10:22:53 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8564(SD40T-2) AMTK 511(SDP40F) |
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