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By:Ed Hopson
Dates:10/1/1978 - 10/31/1998
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The Amtrak Sunset Ltd.
Title:  The Amtrak Sunset Ltd.
Description:  The blue flag is out as the e/b Sunset Limited takes care of station work
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 4:20:38 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  AMTK 573(SDP40F)
Views:  846   Comments: 0
SDP40F Up Close
Title:  SDP40F Up Close
Description:  The business end of the business end in the Houston Amtrak station.
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 4:21:44 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  AMTK 573(SDP40F)
Views:  833   Comments: 1
Chicanery
Title:  Chicanery
Description:  East or west-bound trains into & out of Houston have to negotiate this offset single track bridge downtown.
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 5:07:24 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  AMTK 573(SDP40F)
Views:  747   Comments: 0
Royal Fake-Out
Title:  Royal Fake-Out
Description:  I thought this was the w/b Crescent Limited, but...
Photo Date:  6/5/1997  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 6:37:13 PM
Location:  Hattiesburg, MS
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  AMTK 68(P42DC) AMTK 254(F40PHR) AMTK 305(F40PH)
Views:  1723   Comments: 2
Royal BLUE Fake-Out
Title:  Royal BLUE Fake-Out
Description:  ...Genesis locomotive 68 had the American Orient Express instead!
Photo Date:  6/5/1997  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 6:52:11 PM
Location:  Hattiesburg, MS
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  AMTK 68(P42DC) AMTK 305(F40PH) AMTK 254(F40PHR)
Views:  1225   Comments: 1
Royal BLUE Fake-Out II
Title:  Royal BLUE Fake-Out II
Description:  Looking like a reincarnation of the old B&O Royal Blue, the A.O.E. heads west [south].
Photo Date:  6/5/1997  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 6:53:20 PM
Location:  Hattiesburg, MS
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  AMTK 68(P42DC) AMTK 305(F40PH) AMTK 254(F40PHR)
Views:  1327   Comments: 1
Sharkskin Look
Title:  Sharkskin Look
Description:  813 and a mate guide the Crescent Limited west out of Meridian, Ms.
Photo Date:  11/22/1997  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 6:38:16 PM
Location:  Meridian, MS
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  NS 8939(C40-9W) AMTK 813(P40DC)
Views:  1034   Comments: 0
Stretch Model, Continued
Title:  Stretch Model, Continued
Description:  The opposite side of the beast.
Photo Date:  8/2/1998  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 5:47:45 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  AMTK 195(GP40TC)
Views:  1244   Comments: 0
Stretch Model
Title:  Stretch Model
Description:  GP40-odd something idles at Dallas Union Station.
Photo Date:  8/2/1998  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 5:41:49 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  AMTK 195(GP40TC)
Views:  1119   Comments: 0
Thought It Was An SD40
Title:  Thought It Was An SD40
Description:  Long enough to be , but it had 4-wheel blomberg trucks.
Photo Date:  8/2/1998  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 6:02:56 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  AMTK 195(GP40TC)
Views:  899   Comments: 0
Full Frontal
Title:  Full Frontal
Description:  Hokey number boards and all those cables... no M.U. here, though.
Photo Date:  8/2/1998  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 6:03:45 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  AMTK 195(GP40TC)
Views:  746   Comments: 0
The Trailing End...
Title:  The Trailing End...
Description:  ...has no cables like the front, but M.U. capability- & a better number job.
Photo Date:  8/2/1998  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 6:05:23 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Ed Hopson
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Locomotives:  AMTK 195(GP40TC)
Views:  846   Comments: 0


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