Amtrak (AMTK) 238 - EMD F40PHR

On this cold and windy Saturday afternoon AMTK 238 brings westbound Train #35 in for a station stop.

AMTK 238 was delivered in August 1977.

F40 #238 takes a southbound Hiawatha out of Milwaukee on July 4, 1990.

Paul J Templeton photo

Dean Motis photo

Amtrak F-40PH #238 at Ann Arbor MI 1980 New Superliners!

AMTK 238 leads the Coast Starlight southbound

AMTK 238 leads the Coast Starlight southbound

AMTK 238 leads the Coast Starlight southbound

AMTK 251 leads the Coast Starlight southbound on a cloudy fall morning

AMTK 238 heads south with the Coast Starlighx on a cloudy morning

Amtrak F40PHR 338 at about 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on December 21, 1987, Kodachrome by Chuck Yeiler.

Blowing out soot from idling in Union Station.

The term "dinky" goes back to CB&Q days when the commuter trains were dinky compated to the long intercity trains. The smoke is the soot that built up while idling in the station.

Union Station (Exact date unknown).

Union Station (Exact date unknown).

Union Station (Exact date unknown).