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| 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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971 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal |
| Description: |
Amtrak SDP40F’s 538 and 537 were parked outside the diesel shop at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal along with leased Southern Railway E8A 6912 and Amtrak E9A 422. The 538 and 537 were awaiting their departure later in the day on the westbound SUNSET LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/1979 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 9:36:11 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 538(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
389 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SDP40F 539 |
| Description: |
In 1976 Amtrak sent its first order of 40 SDP40F's to EMD and to the ICG at Paducah to be overhauled and repainted, and the units that were done by the ICG were road tested on the PANAMA LIMITED. Here is recently-shopped 539 (EMD 72694-40 ! 7-73 !), the last unit from that order, at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal between runs. |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/1976 Upload Date: 6/18/2016 3:49:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 539(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
534 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound SUNSET |
| Description: |
Cruising along at 70 MPH, SDP40F's 551 and 557 were powering the westbound SUNSET LIMITED passed the "temporary" train order office at Raceland Junction, as the operator gave the train a roll-by inspection. Steam generator car 1918 was tucked in behind the locomotives, which was very unusual. This "temporary" office was placed here soon after a freight train derailment wrecked the previous depot on 10 June 1967 and it remained here for almost 18 years, until the introduction of Direct Traffic Control (DTC) on 18 February 1985 eliminated the need for any train order offices along the SUNSET ROUTE between New Orleans and El Paso. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/1976 Upload Date: 4/14/2007 10:24:09 PM |
| Location: |
Raceland Junction, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 551(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
6000 Comments: 15 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
Amtrak SDP40F’s 557 and 552 were nicely-illuminated by the low winter sun as they lead train No. 1 – the westbound SUNSET LIMITED – up the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE. |
| Photo Date: |
1/13/1975 Upload Date: 7/31/2022 11:59:46 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 552(SDP40F) AMTK 557(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
298 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 1 – the westbound SUNSET LIMITED – was photographed from the Palmetto Avenue overpass as it made its way out of New Orleans behind SDP40F units 553 and 569. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1975 Upload Date: 10/26/2021 5:36:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 553(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
366 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Sunset |
| Description: |
Cotton Belt SD45 8976 - with UP-style number boards - and Amtrak's TRIPLE NICKEL - SDP40F 555 - were powering train No. 1, the westbound SUNSET, away from Carrollton Junction on the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal WESTERN CONNECTION. The right-of-way in the foreground had been the inbound track for IC, KCS, MP, SP and T&P trains, but this was removed in 1969. U.S. Highway 61 was on the other side of No. 1. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1974 Upload Date: 12/18/2017 4:43:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SSW 8976(SD45) AMTK 555(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
808 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SDP40F 555 |
| Description: |
One-year-old Amtrak SDP40F's 555 - the railroad's first TRIPLE NICKLE - and 556 were on the westbound SUNSET in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These were some of the units with icicle breakers to protect dome cars while on the SAN FRANCISCO ZEPHYR. The 555 would be retired three years later and traded-in on F40PHR 281. Notice the baggage wagon and the REA trailer on the left. |
| Photo Date: |
3/14/1975 Upload Date: 1/12/2017 6:18:36 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 555(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
774 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
Amtrak SDP40F unit 557 and 558 were crossing Cold Storage Road in suburban New Orleans with train No. 1, the westbound SUNSET LIMITED. Both of the locomotives had been built in April 1974 and were retired in late 1977 for use as trade-in credit on F40PHR units 235 and 233. |
| Photo Date: |
12/2/1974 Upload Date: 8/17/2022 9:38:11 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 557(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
262 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 1 |
| Description: |
SDP40F 559 was smoking it up as it and the 555 got Amtrak train No. 1 - the westbound SUNSET - underway at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on Christmas Eve 1976. The 13-car train consisted of baggage car 1088, coach 5236, four high-level coaches 9927, 9941, 9949 and 9920, dormitory-lounge 3395, diner 8041, four sleepers 2762 PALM VIEW, 2366 REGAL PASS, 2501 BLUE GROVE and 2602 PACIFIC BEAUTY, and dome-sleeper-observation 9250 SILVER HORIZON. Southern Pacific units regularly smoked like this after sitting in New Orleans for 16 hours, but it was very unusual for an SDP40F to do this. |
| Photo Date: |
12/24/1976 Upload Date: 5/21/2018 1:56:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 559(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
682 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Trains 59 and 1 |
| Description: |
Four one-year-old SDP40F units were side-by-side at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The 613 and 619 had just backed in with Train 59 - the southbound PANAMA LIMITED - while the 571 and 568 were waiting to leave at 1:00 with Train 1 – the westbound SUNSET. You could tell that the 571 was originally assigned to the SAN FRANCISCO ZEPHYR by the icicle breakers above its cab! The 613’s red emergency brake light was still on, and momentarily the PANAMA's power would head for the engine terminal where the crew would go off duty. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1973 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 1:02:41 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 571(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
582 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Meet |
| Description: |
On a dreary winter's afternoon, eastbound Espee train 242 -- with SD40 8440 and Southern Railway SD35's 3098 and 3051 -- was waiting in the siding at Cade, 131 miles west of Algiers, Louisiana; as the westbound SUNSET sped by with SDP40F's 572 and 527 and ten cars. The SUNSET's next stop would be Lafayette, 12 miles ahead. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/1979 Upload Date: 8/21/2007 10:00:47 PM |
| Location: |
Cade, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SOU 3051(SD35) AMTK 572(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
1818 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
EB SUNSET |
| Description: |
It's 6 P.M. and daylight is fading fast as Espee train order oprator Molly Lalonde watches the fireman on Amtrak train No. 2 -- the eastbound SUNSET -- grab a set of orders at Lafayette Yard. The orders are actually for the crew who will board the train at the Lafayette depot, two and a half miles away. While the train is raising some dust, the speed limit here was only 25 MPH. The train had SDP40F's 573 and 537 with nine cars. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1978 Upload Date: 12/19/2009 12:16:04 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 573(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
1362 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Peanut Special |
| Description: |
For the inauguration of Jimmy Carter as president on 20 January 1977, the Carter Campaign Committee chartered an 18-car train to bring supporters from Plains, Georgia to Washington and back. Even though the official trip originated and terminated at Plains, the train was assembled at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and dead-headed to Plains and back via the Louisville & Nashville and Seaboard Coast Line. Here is the train about 20 minutes after leaving NOUPT, stopped at the L&N's Gentilly Yard in eastern New Orleans. The water was being drained out of the locomotives' internal water tanks because of concern about the units' weight and the water sloshing around.The PEANUT SPECIAL consisted of SDP40Fs 582, 595 and 588 with coaches 5404, 5475 and 5442; 11-bedroom sleepers 2252 STAR LEAF, 2263 PLACID LAKE and 2203 SILVER SWAN; 10-6 sleeper 2638 PACIFIC TRAIL, lounge 3409, dining room car 8800, kitchen-dormitory 8801, sleeper-lounge 3205 GULF STREAM, 11-bedroom cars 2201 SILVER QUAIL, 2250 STAR BAY, 2215 INDIAN MAID, 2211 INDIAN DRUM and 2214 INDIAN LAKE; and 10-6 sleepers 2626 PACIFIC PLATEAU and 2618 PACIFIC LODGE. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1977 Upload Date: 3/15/2010 1:48:41 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 582(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
1962 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
PEANUT SPECIAL |
| Description: |
At 1:00 PM on Tuesday 18 January 1977 a urio of Amtrak SDP40F units - 582, 595 and 588 - was about to pull out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with the 18-car PEANUT SPECIAL. All of the train's trucks and underbody had just received a coat of fresh black paint at NOUPT. The train was made up of three coaches, four sleepers, a piano-lounge car, a full diner, a kitchen-dormhtory car, a sleeper-lounge and seven more sleepers. It deadheaded to Plains, Georgia via the L&N and SCL so it could bring supporters of Jimmy Carter to his presidential inauguration in Washington on 20 January. After the inauguration it returned to Plains and then deadheaded back to New Orleans behind the 643, 588 and 595. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1977 Upload Date: 6/23/2017 5:51:18 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 582(SDP40F) AMTK 582(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
499 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK SDP40F 594 and E8A 445 |
| Description: |
Power for the PANAMA LIMITED was photographed at the throat to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. SDP40F 594 had been built in May 1974 and was retired in late 1977 for use as trade-in credit on F40PHR 256. E8A 445 had been built in January 1950 as Atlantic Coast Line 546 and was among the last batch of E-units which were sold in 1981 (approximate date of image) |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1976 Upload Date: 11/14/2022 11:09:26 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 594(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
323 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOUPT |
| Description: |
Southern Railway FP7's 6141 and 6133 were at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine terminal with Amtrak SDP40F 612 and P30CH 723. The Southern units were in town for operation on some school kids specials. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1977 Upload Date: 11/4/2016 6:19:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6141(FP7A) AMTK 612(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
625 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 58 |
| Description: |
The northbound PANAMA LIMITED was leaning into the curve on the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal WESTERN CONNECTION between KCS Junction and Southport Junction. KCS Junction, about half way back in the train, was the switch where the KCS track in the foreground connected with NOUPT track. The houses on the right were on Livingston Street, while the thoroughfare on the left was Airline Highway (U.S. 61). When NOUPT opened in 1954, 26 passenger trains passed here each day: 8 IC, 6 SP and 4 each KCS, MP and T&P. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1975 Upload Date: 4/29/2017 11:25:15 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 614(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
522 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtak SDP40F 614 and E8A 352 were hustling train 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED, along the north side of the Illinois Central Gulf's MAYS YARD on its way out of New Orleans. The speed limit here was 60 miles per hour. |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/1975 Upload Date: 5/21/2018 12:33:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 614(SDP40F) AMTK 352(E8A) |
| Views: |
436 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Servicing Engines |
| Description: |
On a sunny December afternoon, 6-month-old Amtrak SDP40F 615 and ex-B&O E8A 203 were being fueled and watered after having arrived on the PANAMA LIMITED. On the right is the locker building, where engine crews registered going on and off duty. The next two tracks closer to us were ready tracks, the track in the center is used by trains backing into the station (off to the right) from the wye, while in the foreground is the train inspection pit. The outbound track is on the other side of the locker building. |
| Photo Date: |
12/18/1974 Upload Date: 6/18/2009 3:33:11 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 615(SDP40F) AMTK 203(E8A) |
| Views: |
1307 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Southbound PANAMA |
| Description: |
Amtrak's southbound PANAMA LIMITED makes its station stop on the ICG at Hammond, Louisiana; about one hour away from the end of its trip from Chicago to New Orleans. SDP40F's 615 and 619 are a little over a year old, having been built in June 1974. ( approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1975 Upload Date: 8/2/2010 2:49:34 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 615(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
1043 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak PANAMA |
| Description: |
Amtrak SDP40F 616 and a sibling power the northbound PANAMA LIMITED out of New Orleans over New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal track. The debris along the track are the remnants of the platforms at the former Carrollton Avenue Station. The former inbound main line had been located to the right of the train, but was removed in around 1969. Signs such as the one on the right were placed on several of the communication poles along here so that engineers on inbound trains stopping at the station wouldn't block Carrollton Junction, where the NOUPT Eastern and Western Connections separated. When NOUPT opened in 1954, the common use of train radios was still a decade or more in the future! (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1975 Upload Date: 5/20/2010 3:52:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 616(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
1440 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 59 |
| Description: |
On a rainy Fall day Amtrak train No. 59, the southbound PANAMA LIMITED, was pulling into the station at Hammond, Louisiana behind SDP40F units 617 and 617 as the engineer of an Illinois Central Gulf local looked on. ICG GP8 7851 was in the background, on the south leg of the wye. At that time, Amtrak units 612-619 were regularly assigned to the PANAMA. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1975 Upload Date: 5/20/2020 5:03:54 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 616(SDP40F) ICG 8339(GP10) |
| Views: |
799 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound SUNSET |
| Description: |
At 2:22 on a Friday fternoon Amtrak’s westbound SUNSET was crossing Bayou Ramos - just east of Morgan City, Louisiana - behind SDP40F’s 617 and 568. This location was once ysed by the Espee's public relations department to publicize the train when it was newly-streamlined |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1978 Upload Date: 5/23/2009 1:32:01 AM |
| Location: |
Ramos, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 617(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
617 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
On the day after Christmas 1977 the westbound SUNSET LIMITED was pulling out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind SDP40F units 619 and 542. The 12-car train was made up of baggage car 1172, high-level coaches 9931, 9958, 9955 and 9902, coach 4461, dormitory-lounge car 3393, diner 8031, sleepers 2619 PACIFIC MEADOW, 2505 BLUE MOTT and 2634 PACIFIC SLOPE, and dome-sleeper-lounge-observation 9251 SILVER PENTHOUSE. |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/1977 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 9:42:18 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 619(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
394 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Panama Limited |
| Description: |
Amtrak SDP40F 630 was leading the northbound PANAMA LIMITED out of New Orleans on the NOUPT WESTERN CONNECTION. This was the Cold Storage Road grade crossing and the sign on the left read PRIVATE ROAD - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! This road was in really rough shape. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1974 Upload Date: 4/10/2018 5:10:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 630(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
535 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 58 |
| Description: |
The late afternoon winter sun was nicely illuminating a pair of SDP40F's on train No. 58 - the northbound PANAMA LIMITED - as it crosses Cold Storage Road, on the WESTERN CONNECTION from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to the Illinois Central Gulf at Southport Junction. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1974 Upload Date: 3/4/2017 8:52:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 630(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
487 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Ivy City Engine Terminal |
| Description: |
This was the Ivy City engine terminal at Washington Union Station. From left to right were Washington Terminal Co. RS1’s 40 and 46, Amtrak F40’s 267 and 270, SDP40F’s 644 and 643, Southern E8A 6908 and an unidentified United Aircraft TURBOTRAIN. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1978 Upload Date: 8/23/2020 12:46:25 PM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6908(E8A) AMTK 643(SDP40F) AMTK 270(F40PH) AMTK 267(F40PHR) |
| Views: |
938 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ivy City Engine Terminal |
| Description: |
The Ivy City engine terminal at Washington Union Station included Amtrak SDP40F units 644 and 643 (with the 647), Southern E8A 6908 and an unidentified United Aircraft TURBOTRAIN. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1978 Upload Date: 8/23/2020 12:46:45 PM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6908(E8A) AMTK 643(SDP40F) AMTK 644(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
819 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SDP40F 647 |
| Description: |
Amtrak SDP40F 647 was parked at the sand tower at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The one-month-old unit had just come in on the PANAMA LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1974 Upload Date: 1/12/2017 8:29:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 647(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
738 Comments: 1 |
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