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| Title: |
Backing in |
| Description: |
An Amtrak GP 7 pushes the Southwest Limited into Union Station as a BN dinky rolls out for Aurora. Amtrak had several GPs here, of various heritage. This one is ex Frisco. How about that puzzle switch just ahead of #3?? |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1978 Upload Date: 11/16/2016 4:47:06 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago Union Statio, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 761(GP7) AMTK 610(SDP40F) BN 9922(E9AM) |
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795 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Drifting back |
| Description: |
Amtraks station switcher, and ex Frisco GP 7, rolls back into the darkness of Union Station as the Cal Zephyr heads for everywhere west. One thing this Cal Zephyr has that the original did not is the Santa Fe hi level cars, seen here right below me. They were a real treat to ride in, and had some of the best leg room of any coach I've ever spent any time in. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1978 Upload Date: 12/8/2016 5:07:08 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 761(GP7) |
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470 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lucky 7s |
| Description: |
Amtrak 777 leads a work train past Rahway. Ironic that this lowly, slow speed train is waht keeps the 120 MPH passenger trains rolling at speed. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1983 Upload Date: 11/5/2013 12:29:19 AM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 777(GP7) |
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508 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Unsung hero |
| Description: |
The high speed trains on the corridor get all the attention, but its the lowly Geeps that make it possible. Silhouetted agains the sky on Hell Gate Bridge is GP 7 778 with the wire train. No wires, no Metroliner!! |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/1987 Upload Date: 6/10/2015 11:55:30 AM |
| Location: |
Hell Gate Bridge, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 778(GP7) |
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256 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Unsung heroes |
| Description: |
Even if they are orange. The work train units are relegated to a track away from the main part of the yard. But without the wire train, nobody goes anywhere. This pair of aging GPs keeps the place moving, so all those high speed electrics can run 100 MPH. |
| Photo Date: |
3/8/1988 Upload Date: 7/1/2015 3:41:13 AM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside Yard, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 783(GP7) AMTK 778(GP7) |
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541 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stone in winter |
| Description: |
Track maintenance was a full time job on the Corridor, due to the constant pounding the track structure got on this high density railroad. Thus, we have a ballast train in action in December. It is on the run around track at Penn Station, waiting for a shot at the main track. |
| Photo Date: |
12/14/1979 Upload Date: 12/9/2016 3:22:58 AM |
| Location: |
Baltimore Penn Stati, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 782(GP7) |
| Views: |
533 Comments: 0 |
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