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7/16/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Yard action
Title:  Yard action
Description:  Sunnyside yard was always a great place to see Amtrak power and equipment of all sorts. This view from a passing LIRR train shows a pair of SW 1s an E60 and a Metroliner set
Photo Date:  11/15/1983  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 1:37:29 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 745(SW1) AMTK 731(SW1) AMTK 951(E60)
Views:  1357   Comments: 0
Old soldier
Title:  Old soldier
Description:  Long after other class 1 roads had retired their SW 1s, Amtrak was still using them in switching service, such as this one at Albany, working the Lake Shore.
Photo Date:  1/19/1991  Upload Date: 2/5/2016 4:07:37 AM
Location:  Rensselaer, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 742(SW1)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
SW 1
Title:  SW 1
Description:  Amtrak had a fleet of SW 1's that worked yards and some stations. Here's 745 at Sunnyside Yard in Queens
Photo Date:  7/15/1983  Upload Date: 11/12/2013 12:47:37 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard/ Hunt, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 745(SW1) AMTK 951(E60)
Views:  1058   Comments: 0


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