Amtrak (AMTK) 500 - EMD SDP40F

Built in 1991. Still going!

EMD SDP40F at Ogden, Utah.

EMD SDP40F at Chicago, IL. Photographer: James Claflin.

AMTK 500

Amtrak SW1 732 at Alton Junction in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.

In a monment the arm will wave, the doors will close, and AMTK 500 will head west for Los Angeles.

In a monment the arm will wave, the doors will close, and AMTK 500 will head west for Los Angeles.

AMTK 500 was delivered in June 1973 and was in service for a little over a decade.

The westbound Train #35, the "Desert Wind", makes a station stop.

Westbound Train #35, the "Desert Wind", heads down Cajon Pass just west of Summit.

AMTK 500 leads eastbound Train #36, the "Desert Wind", up Cajon Pass.

The sun is just coming up as Train #3, the westbound "Southwest Limited", makes a station stop on a very cold January morning.

AMTK 500 leans into the shoo-fly just south of the Fullerton depot used during the building of the Lemon Street underpass.

AMTK 500 is in charge of today's southbound "Lone Star" just moment out of Union Station.

AMTK 500 is being backed into Union Station by a leased Santa Fe S2 switcher.

The sun is just coming up as the westbound "Southwest Limited" makes a station stop at San Bernardino.

AMTK 500 is on the point of a southbound San Diego bound train.

NORMAN OK -- This photo shows Amtrak SDP40F 500 hauling the Lone Star through Norman. The date listed with this slide is a best guess.

Amtrak SDP40F 500 at 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day during September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1973 (c/n 72694-1) it was traded back to EMD for credit on F40PH 391.

This is Amtrak #4, the Southwest Limited at Albuquerque on October 29, 1977. The engines are 509, 502, and 500, all ill-fated SDP40Fs. But they sure looked good this day--new paint scheme and all.