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First generation goodies
Title:  First generation goodies
Description:  Were passing the Chicago engine facility just outside Union Station, where first generation power is holding sway. A pair of Es, a GP 7 from the PC Valpo train, and an SW 1 shop switcher dominate the scene, quite typical of the time. Note the building in the background, the Continental Paper Grading Co. I had no idea my teachers were sending my term papers here to get graded. I thought they did it all themselves :-)
Photo Date:  8/15/1978  Upload Date: 12/8/2016 4:58:50 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 412(E9A) AMTK 473(E9B) CR 8420(SW1) CR 5959(GP7)
Views:  680   Comments: 2
Bloody nose
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:  463   Comments: 1
Good variety
Title:  Good variety
Description:  Im passing Amtraks Bear, Del shop on the southbound Crescent, where anything and everything is in attendance. We see a couple of F 40s, Es, two GG 1s and an E 60. All we need is an SDP40 and a Pooch to complete the picture.
Photo Date:  8/4/1980  Upload Date: 12/8/2016 4:55:14 AM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 325(F40PHR) AMTK 425(E9A) AMTK 420(E9A) AMTK 4906(GG1)
Views:  803   Comments: 1
Es on the Central
Title:  Es on the Central
Description:  I rode the Niagara Rainbow to Schenectady, then served not by the station in use today, but by one Amtrak called Colonie-Schenectady, which was not near anything. After getting off, I was able to get a dark side shot of the train, led by the then typical pair of E's.
Photo Date:  12/26/1977  Upload Date: 12/9/2016 4:26:18 AM
Location:  Colonie, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 425(E9A)
Views:  332   Comments: 1
Es
Title:  Es
Description:  NYSW E units on the Maple Festival train at Cortland. NYSW 4008 was on the south end of the train. The E's were former BN commuter units.
Photo Date:  4/6/2003  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 1:35:17 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2402(E9A) NYSW 2400(E9AM)
Views:  433   Comments: 0


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