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Title:
Es into the night
Description:
I rode the Broadway to Chicago in 1978. At the time, it was still on its traditional route from New York to Harrisburg via Zoo Tower in Philly, changing engines at Harrisburg. We had just completed the engine change, the Es now coupled up in place of GG 1 4932 which had brought the train in from New York. Now it was off into the Allegheny darkness as we tackled Horseshoe Curve and the moutain railroad that the ex Pennsy still was. We rounded Horseshoe around 2330, and got into Pitt around 0330. I was amazed at how much traffic there was on that line, everything from coal-lots of it-to general freight, to intermodal. Even in the chaos of Conrail start up, it was an amazing piece of railroading.
Photo Date:
8/14/1978
Upload Date:
12/9/2016 4:19:57 AM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
AMTK 438(E8A)
Views:
620
Comments:
1
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:
820
Comments:
1
Title:
Es, Fs and washboards
Description:
The engine tracks at New Haven have a couple of F 40s and a lone E 8 ready to take the parade of Boston trains east-this is long before the electrification to Boston. A group of old New Haven "washboards" so named for their fluted stainless side panels, and now in MOW service, adds a decidedly New Haven flavor to the scene.
Photo Date:
3/1/1979
Upload Date:
12/8/2016 4:48:26 AM
Location:
New Haven, CT
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,Yard
Locomotives:
AMTK 210(F40PH)
AMTK 498(E8A)
Views:
764
Comments:
0
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