Amtrak (AMTK) 559 - Rebuilt EMD SSB1200
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Amtrak 559 at Washington Union Station. Date is approximate, summer of 1999.
A view of all four engines, ME 3579, ME 79, Amtk 559 and ME 21. thier fate is somewhere in the future
Looking from the rear hood of ME 21 to ME 3573. All four engines, ME 21 AMTK 559 ME 79 ME 3573 on the Dead Line. Tracks to the right are part of NJ Transit Morris & Essex Line.
A cab to front shot of Amtrak 559, look closely and able to see 1226 under 559. She had a heritage like other locomotives.
Former Amtrak 559 also sits on the dead line. This engine has a heritage ex ATSF 2426 (SW9) ,ATSF 1426, ATSF 1226. ME 559
Roster shot of Amtrak 559.
Back end roster of Amtrak 559.
AMTK SSB1200 559
AMTK SSB1200 559
washington dc union station
A new switcher to the M&E, former Amtrak 559 rests in Morristown yard in the late afternoon light. The switcher was once used to switch the Washington DC coach yard.
