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| Title: |
AMTK 504 With the Texas Chief |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/30/1973 Upload Date: 4/30/2010 10:38:02 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
755 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 504 |
| Description: |
EMD SDP40F at San Diego CA, Photographer is unknown. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1973 Upload Date: 4/18/2020 6:15:32 PM |
| Location: |
San Diego, CA |
| Author: |
C.W. Lahickey |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
218 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 504 |
| Description: |
It wasn't very often two SDP40F's worked a "San Diegan" but on this day AMTK 504 is the second unit. |
| Photo Date: |
12/2/1973 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 8:58:14 PM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
538 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 504 |
| Description: |
"May Gray" is the order of the day as a westbound Amtrak "San Diegan" rolls into the station in Fullerton, California. In the distance an automobile can be seen crossing the tracks on Lemon Avenue (which now passes under the tracks), and a block of mechanical refrigerator cars on the siding to the right was a typical sight at the time. Things have certainly changed at the station since May 1974! |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/7/2012 1:23:34 AM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
453 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 504 |
| Description: |
PURCELL OK July 1974 -- Amtrak SDP40F 504 leans into the superelevation as train 16, the Lone Star, approaches Purcell from the south. EMD built the 504 (b/n 72694-5) in June 1973. After being traded in to EMD its internal components were used in the construction of F40PHR 330. (Date of photo approximate, roster information from (http://www.textfiles.com/fun/amtrak1.txt and http://on-track-on-line.com/amtkrinf-sdp40f.shtml#trades) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1974 Upload Date: 7/16/2012 8:58:51 PM |
| Location: |
Purcell, OK |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
414 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 504 |
| Description: |
NORMAN OK Jan 1975 -- SDP40F 504 rolls to a stop with the southbound Lone star. Note the baggage cart still being used by the Amtrak agent. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1975 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:21:16 PM |
| Location: |
Norman, OK |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
1288 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 504 |
| Description: |
EMD SDP40F at Pasadena CA. Photographer: J.F. Garcia. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1976 Upload Date: 4/18/2020 5:07:43 PM |
| Location: |
Pasadena, CA |
| Author: |
C.W. Lahickey |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
305 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 504 |
| Description: |
NORMAN OK July 1977 -- Amtrak SDP40F 504 leads Train 16 The Lone Star. The northbound train has crossed Acres Street as it departs the downtown area. EMD built the 504 (s/n 72694-5) in June 1973. After being traded in to EMD its internal components were used in the construction of F40PHR 330. (Date of photo approximate, roster information from (http://www.textfiles.com/fun/amtrak1.txt and http://on-track-on-line.com/amtkrinf-sdp40f.shtml#trades) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1977 Upload Date: 11/5/2012 8:51:47 PM |
| Location: |
Norman, OK |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
608 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK504 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/1/1977 Upload Date: 6/18/2009 4:46:49 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Craig Mashburn |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
404 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 504 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/1/1977 Upload Date: 6/18/2009 4:48:14 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Craig Mashburn |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
527 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 504 |
| Description: |
EMD SDP40F at Chicago, IL. Photographer: James Claflin. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1978 Upload Date: 4/18/2020 5:37:45 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
C.W. Lahickey |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
160 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 504-514 |
| Description: |
SDP40Fs |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/1979 Upload Date: 1/1/2013 11:40:00 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Gil Ford |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
488 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wrecked SDP40F #504 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
3/15/1980 Upload Date: 9/14/2022 10:14:49 AM |
| Location: |
McCook, IL |
| Author: |
Gerard Putz |
| Categories: |
Roster,Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 504(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
108 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New Amtrak SDP40F's on shakedown run |
| Description: |
When EMD released the first Amtrak SDP40F's they were ran on a shakedown run on the Santa FE before being released into passenger service. Here is 505,504, and 503 on their maiden run through Joliet IL. This was the only time these units pulled a freight train thus making this shot a rare one indeed. This shot was rejected by Railpics for high sun, so I'm sharing it here with you all. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1973 Upload Date: 1/7/2010 3:45:39 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Daniel Tracy |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
1121 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 505 |
| Description: |
PURCELL OK October 1973 -- Amtrak SDP40F 505 leads the southbound Texas Chief under the highway overpass as the train slows for a stop at the station. A new crew will take the train from here to Gainesville TX. EMD built the 505 (b/n 72694) in June 1973. After being traded in to EMD most of its internal components were used in F40PHR 363. That unit was acquired by Florida DOT for use in Tri-Rail Service as TRCX 810. (Photo date approximate, roster information from http://www.textfiles.com/fun/amtrak1.txt and http://on-track-on-line.com/amtkrinf-sdp40f.shtml) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1973 Upload Date: 7/16/2012 9:00:54 PM |
| Location: |
Purcell, OK |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
664 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 505 |
| Description: |
AMTK 505 is the sole power on this southbound "San Diegan". |
| Photo Date: |
12/2/1973 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 8:58:56 PM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
765 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SDP40F 505 |
| Description: |
Taken circa 1974 |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1974 Upload Date: 3/19/2022 11:25:14 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tony Tahlman |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
143 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SDP40F 505 |
| Description: |
Taken circa 1974 |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1974 Upload Date: 3/19/2022 11:14:04 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tony Tahlman |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) AMTK 511(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
167 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 523 |
| Description: |
Amtrak's #3, the "Southwest Limited," crosses the Los Angeles River as it approaches its final destination at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal early in the morning in February 1974. A trio of EMD SDP40F diesels (523, 525 and 505), from Amtrak's first order of new power, leads the train on this day. In the early days of Amtrak, Santa Fe would not allow the use of their "Super Chief" name to be used by Amtrak, hence the train's early moniker "Southwest Limited." In October 1984, Santa Fe deemed Amtrak's improvements to this train sufficient and the railroad allowed the use of their trademarked name to be used by Amtrak, and the old "Super Chief" was reborn as the "Southwest Chief." Note that the old Santa Fe advertising on the bridge was still in place, and that the L.A. River's concrete banks are not covered in graffiti! (And what appears to be graffiti on the retaining wall on the left, behind the cut of cars, is actually an old advertisement.) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1974 Upload Date: 12/21/2012 5:39:53 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 523(SDP40F) AMTK 525(SDP40F) AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
1231 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 505 |
| Description: |
With a puff of steam for effect, AMTK 505 is about to continue south to San Diego. |
| Photo Date: |
3/3/1974 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 8:59:38 PM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
668 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 505 |
| Description: |
An Amtrak "San Diegan" heads north (railroad west) past the closed Santa Fe station at Orange, CA. The depot is now a restaraunt, and also a Metrolink station stop. Trailing the 505 is E9B 452 (ex-MILW 358) and five cars. |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1975 Upload Date: 5/22/2010 10:56:33 PM |
| Location: |
Orange, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) AMTK 452(E9B) |
| Views: |
952 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 505 |
| Description: |
AMTK 505 joins AMTK 500 on the "Lone Star". |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/1976 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 9:00:47 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
521 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 505,516 |
| Description: |
Pair of EMD SDP40F's lead the Lonestar out of Chicago, IL. Photographer: Paul Hunnell. |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/1979 Upload Date: 4/19/2020 4:38:10 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
C.W. Lahickey |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) AMTK 516(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
167 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 505 |
| Description: |
GARDEN CITY KS June 16 1979 -- Amtrak SDP40f 505 leads the westbound Southwest Limited as the train slows for a station stop. EMD built the 505 (b/n 72694) in June 1973. After being traded in to EMD most of its internal components were used in F40PHR 363. That unit was acquired by Florida DOT for use in Tri-Rail Service as TRCX 810. (Roster information from http://www.textfiles.com/fun/amtrak1.txt and http://on-track-on-line.com/amtkrinf-sdp40f.shtml) |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1979 Upload Date: 8/23/2012 11:41:21 PM |
| Location: |
Garden City, KS |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
647 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 505 |
| Description: |
Amtrak 505 looks a little worse for wear as it leads the eastbound Sothwest Ltd. over the Mississippi River at Ft. Madison, Iowa -- Chicago bound. |
| Photo Date: |
7/12/1980 Upload Date: 6/14/2011 12:02:46 AM |
| Location: |
Fort Madison, IA |
| Author: |
TS _Illinois |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
886 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 168 - AMTK 505 |
| Description: |
AMTK 168 - AMTK 505 northbound rapidly gaining speed exiting the corner from the Vancouver Amtrak Station into the yard area tearing through the action, trying to gain on the northbound mixed freight to her port side. |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/2015 Upload Date: 10/3/2015 2:43:18 PM |
| Location: |
Vancouver, WA |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 168(P42DC) AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
262 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 505 - AMTK 1247 |
| Description: |
AMTK 505 in second place looking like a real rail powerhouse ahead of AMTK 1247 baggage car shooting north to the 39th Street overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/2015 Upload Date: 10/3/2015 2:43:48 PM |
| Location: |
Vancouver, WA |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
319 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 132 - AMTK 505 |
| Description: |
AMTK 132 - AMTK 505 with northbound passenger consist rounding the curve of the station deck in Vancouver at sunset. |
| Photo Date: |
11/29/2015 Upload Date: 12/14/2015 7:12:48 PM |
| Location: |
Vancouver, WA |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) AMTK 132(P42DC) |
| Views: |
176 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 98 ahead of AMTK 505 |
| Description: |
AMTK 98 ahead of AMTK 505 on the evening northbound pausing briefly in Vancouver to let some water drain off the axles (sort of like the rail-equivalent of shaking water off your lily, I guess), before shooting forth to the north. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 3/29/2016 2:46:18 PM |
| Location: |
Vancouver, WA |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 98(P42DC) AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
183 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 505 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/18/2017 Upload Date: 8/3/2017 4:02:29 PM |
| Location: |
Vancouver, WA |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 505(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
194 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 506 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/4/1974 Upload Date: 4/5/2009 9:11:41 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Jim Gavin |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 506(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
842 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 506 |
| Description: |
AMTK 506 leads a northbound "San Diegan" at Fullerton station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/1974 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 8:09:46 PM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 506(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
267 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 506 |
| Description: |
AMTK 506 along with AMTK 398 head northbound out of Fullerton while AMTK 509 and AMTK 399 arrive with a southbound train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/1974 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 8:10:26 PM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 506(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
354 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK SDP40F #506 |
| Description: |
AMTK 506 |
| Photo Date: |
3/14/1976 Upload Date: 11/16/2019 8:41:58 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Steven Vincent |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 506(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
361 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 506 |
| Description: |
AMTK 506 is part of just arrived "Southwest Limited" consist. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/1976 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 8:11:21 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 506(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
195 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 506 |
| Description: |
Amtrak 506 date is wild guess |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1978 Upload Date: 5/31/2010 9:20:21 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tim Vermande |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 506(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
389 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 506 |
| Description: |
EMD SDP40F at Flagstaff AZ. Photographer: Michael Reid. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1980 Upload Date: 4/20/2020 5:11:36 PM |
| Location: |
Flagstaff, AZ |
| Author: |
C.W. Lahickey |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 506(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
190 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 506 |
| Description: |
RIO PUERCO NM Sept 11 1980 -- Amtrak's Southwest Chief speeds to its destination after rain has drenched the area. Having grown up in Portales NM I was wary of flash floods. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/1980 Upload Date: 9/17/2011 11:23:38 PM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 506(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
695 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 507 |
| Description: |
AMTK 507 was on the point for this version of the "Southwest Limited". |
| Photo Date: |
7/29/1973 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 8:12:15 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 507(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
461 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 507 |
| Description: |
Rear view of AMTK 507. |
| Photo Date: |
7/29/1973 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 8:12:55 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 507(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
414 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 507 |
| Description: |
EMD SDP40F at San Diego CA, Photographer is unknown. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1973 Upload Date: 4/19/2020 6:37:40 PM |
| Location: |
San Diego, CA |
| Author: |
C.W. Lahickey |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 507(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
201 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 507 |
| Description: |
SDP40Fs worked the LA - San Diego run for only three years ( mid 1973 to mid 1976) until being replaced by F40PHs. Here is six month old AMTK 507 leading a southbound train. |
| Photo Date: |
12/2/1973 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 8:14:10 PM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 507(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
374 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 507 |
| Description: |
On a bright afternoon in April 1974, an Amtrak "San Diegan," heading from San Diego to Los Angeles, approaches the Lemon Street grade crossing as it slows for the station stop in Fullerton, California. SDP40F 507 is on the headend of this six car train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/3/2013 1:51:07 AM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 507(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
333 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 507 |
| Description: |
A lot has changed in the 40 years since this photo was taken. About the only things still there in 2014 are the tracks and the station. But on this quiet morning in 1974 AMTK 507 brings a string of second hand passenger cars to a stop before heading south to San Diego while a Santa Fe S4 switcher waits for Monday morning to start another work week. |
| Photo Date: |
8/4/1974 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 8:15:02 PM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 507(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
451 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 507 |
| Description: |
AMTK 507, train 16 - Lonestar |
| Photo Date: |
6/10/1975 Upload Date: 5/26/2022 6:10:44 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
C O'Neil |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 507(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
91 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SDP40F #508 on first section of Amtrak #4 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/4/1973 Upload Date: 8/8/2020 4:46:13 PM |
| Location: |
Flagstaff, AZ |
| Author: |
Gerard Putz |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 508(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
131 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 508 |
| Description: |
Practically new (built in July 1973), Amtrak SDP40F 508 sits at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal after arriving with train #3, the "Southwest Limited" on July 9th, 1973. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/1973 Upload Date: 2/3/2013 1:59:07 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
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Craig Walker |
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AMTK 508(SDP40F) |
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AMTK 508 |
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When Amtrak took over (most of) America's passenger rail operations in May 1971, they had to make due with a hodge-podge of diesels, mainly E-units, built in the 1940s and 1950s that were, to put it kindly, getting a bit tired. New power was ordered from EMD - a new model, the SDP40F - which began arriving just about two years after Amtrak's inaugural day. The first of these 500-class engines entered service on the former Santa Fe trains - notably, trains #3 and #4, the Chicago to Los Angeles "Southwest Limited." With a built date of July 1973, Amtrak 508 is seen at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal on July 9th, 1973 after having brought in that morning's #3. These engines were basically passenger versions of EMD's popular SD40-2, in a cowl carbody (reminiscent of EMD's FP45) and including two steam generators and, because they were to operate nationwide, two types of fuel fillers. (On an adjacent track can be seen a bit of a Santa Fe F7A, what were still powering Amtrak's L.A. to San Diego "San Diegans," and which were still owned by Santa Fe and leased to Amtrak. Within a very short time, SDP40Fs would replace these classic Fs as well.) |
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7/9/1973 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 11:53:34 PM |
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Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
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Roster,Station,Passenger |
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AMTK 508(SDP40F) |
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AMTK SDP40F 508 |
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Two month old Amtrak SDP40F 508 leads the Super Chief at Albuquerque in July 1973. |
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7/17/1973 Upload Date: 10/19/2010 8:54:37 PM |
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Albuquerque, NM |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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AMTK 508(SDP40F) |
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