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"A" is for "Amtrak"........
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
IMHO, the tough, hulking, no-nonsense F40PH was AMTRAK's most iconic diesel, way back in the day; I loved 'em on NJT, too......most IMPRESSIVE-looking machines, for sure........ Wink

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F40PH
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
EXCELLENT page on AMTRAK; much history here, and details of operations and services, with some wonderful vintage/modern photos as a bonus...... Very Happy

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Like the timeless "AMFLEET" cars, the old "Heritage" fleet were always tremendous favorites of mine; in 1986, when boarding an eastbound "BROADWAY" at Union Station (I was heading back to Newark), imagine my great surprise (and delight!) to find a classic DOME car in the consist.....it was my first and ONLY dome car experience....and, it truly was nothing short of timeless......and MAGICAL....... Wink

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Fleet
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Far, far west of the busy NEC........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_Venture
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 11:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
How much AMTRAK has changed, in nearly 50 years......

These photos (taken at Chicago, and dating from between 1971 and 1974) are particularly nostalgic; they also remind us that, early on, AMTRAK also rostered a number of heavyweight cars.

These classic photos indeed take you back to a more colorful era of American railroading.......

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-limted-dca.jpg

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-chicyd-dca.jpg

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-pccyN-dca.jpg

(courtesy: Fallen Flag Railroads)
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This timeless 1970's-era "portrait" photo (at New York) is truly nostalgic, and, indeed, also has a "museum" quality to it as well (also note early "Jersey Arrow" MU's)......

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-turbo-f09.jpg

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here's the bulbous-nosed UAT "Turbo" at New Haven in 1978, beneath ex-NH catenary.......

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-uat1-ad.jpg

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
A timeless "METROLINER" scene at Trenton, 1975.......

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-mu802ags.jpg

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Recalling the long-ago days when AMTRAK operated both "heritage" locomotives and rolling stock (Chicago, 1974).......

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk206dca.jpg

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here's a particularly rare photo, taken at Boston in 1971, on the very first day of AMTRAK.......

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-bosD1-g08.jpg

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Coming to you in 1999.......

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-hsho-jca.jpg

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Classic "Rainbow Era"-equipment at Metropark, NJ, 1972 (note ex-UP car on extreme left)........

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-sleep-kga.jpg

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here is another view of the same train at Metropark, as seen in the previous photo; note the ex-NORTHERN PACIFIC car carrying "C B Q" markings.

Truly a timeless slice of what once was, and is now long gone.......

www.rr-fallenflags.org/np/np-sleep-kga.jpg

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Chicago, 1972 (the "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO" is seen departing).......

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-chitrn-dcb.jpg

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 1:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here's another (early) AMTRAK scene at Chicago, showing Train #58, with a lengthy consist.

The coach yards off to the left today strongly evoke the overall feel of a rail museum of later years.......

www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-trn058dcn.jpg
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