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| Title: |
First generation goodies |
| Description: |
Were passing the Chicago engine facility just outside Union Station, where first generation power is holding sway. A pair of Es, a GP 7 from the PC Valpo train, and an SW 1 shop switcher dominate the scene, quite typical of the time. Note the building in the background, the Continental Paper Grading Co. I had no idea my teachers were sending my term papers here to get graded. I thought they did it all themselves :-) |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1978 Upload Date: 12/8/2016 4:58:50 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 412(E9A) AMTK 473(E9B) CR 8420(SW1) CR 5959(GP7) |
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674 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Bloody nose |
| Description: |
A red nosed E 8 and a couple of comrades are on a spur at the Chicago engine house, the red nose of Amtraks original paint scheme prominent. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1978 Upload Date: 12/8/2016 5:02:26 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 447(E8A) AMTK 473(E9B) AMTK 412(E9A) |
| Views: |
456 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak E9A #412 + E9B #473 shoving train into station |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/31/1979 Upload Date: 8/11/2021 9:13:17 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago Union Station, IL |
| Author: |
Gerard Putz |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 412(E9A) AMTK 473(E9B) |
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138 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak CRESCENT |
| Description: |
This set of locomotives - F40 258, E9A 420 and E9B 473- on train No. 20 are typical of the power Amtrak used on the CRESCENT until the train received HERITAGE FLEET equipment in early 1981. After that, it typically ran it a pair of F40's. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1979 Upload Date: 7/20/2016 1:22:23 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 258(F40PHR) AMTK 420(E9A) AMTK 473(E9B) |
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1052 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak E-Units |
| Description: |
A dozen retired Amtrak E-units were parked at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, waiting to be sold. This auction eliminated almost all of Amtrak's remaining E-units, which were purchased by the Precision National Corp. and then scrapped for their prime movers. On the near track were the 473, 471, 408, 421, 368, 419 (the last E-unit ever built) and 436; while the 426 and 441 were on the left. Other units here included the 411, 422 and 464. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1981 Upload Date: 12/24/2016 1:32:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 473(E9B) |
| Views: |
459 Comments: 0 |
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