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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:1/1/1975 - 12/31/1995
Album Info:Here are several photos of Amtrak passenger locomotives and trains taken by various photographers at various places from 1975 to 1995.
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AMTK 64, "Turboliner," 1975
Title:  AMTK 64, "Turboliner," 1975
Description:  Amtrak. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 2 February 1975. Shown here is Amtrak "Turboliner" #64, built by Rohr. It has paused at the Altoona Station so that passengers may disembark and board before resuming its journey up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Johnstown and points West. The converted house-trailer pictured here is Altoona's pathetic excuse for a "station." Photo taken from the 12th Street Footbridge. From the George Povall Collection.
Photo Date:  2/2/1975  Upload Date: 1/22/2020 6:54:12 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 64(Turboliner)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
AMTK GG-1, 1976
Title:  AMTK GG-1, 1976
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak passenger train in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1976. Shown here is an unidentified Penn Central Railroad GG-1 electric waiting to pull a passenger train to Philadelphia and New York City. My friend Twyla Jean King is chatting with the Engineman.
Photo Date:  8/30/1976  Upload Date: 6/30/2016 3:25:58 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  375   Comments: 2
AMTK GG-1, 1976
Title:  AMTK GG-1, 1976
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak passenger train in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1976. Shown here is an unidentified Penn Central Railroad GG-1 electric waiting to pull a passenger train to Philadelphia and New York City. My friend Twyla Jean King is chatting with the Engineman.
Photo Date:  8/30/1976  Upload Date: 6/30/2016 5:21:42 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  340   Comments: 1
AMTK 906, GG-1, 1976
Title:  AMTK 906, GG-1, 1976
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak passenger train in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1976. Shown here is Amtrak engine #906, a GG-1 built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Juniata as number "4903" during May of 1940, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and later renumbered AMTK "906." In this context, it's pulling a westbound passenger train into the Station.
Photo Date:  8/30/1976  Upload Date: 6/30/2016 3:28:24 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 906(GG1)
Views:  555   Comments: 2
AMTK 592, SDP40F, 1976
Title:  AMTK 592, SDP40F, 1976
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak passenger train in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1976. Shown here is Amtrak engine #592 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. #592 is an SDP40F built by EMD in May of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. They are waiting to pull a passenger train to Pittsburgh and points West. My friend Twyla Jean King is chatting with the fireman.
Photo Date:  8/30/1976  Upload Date: 6/30/2016 3:30:16 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 592(SDP40F)
Views:  465   Comments: 1
AMTK 592, SDP40F, 1976
Title:  AMTK 592, SDP40F, 1976
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak passenger locomotive in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1976. Shown here is Amtrak engine #592, an SDP40F built by EMD in May of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. Posing by this imposing giant is my friend Twyla Jean King of Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  8/30/1976  Upload Date: 2/17/2017 1:39:29 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 592(SDP40F)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
AMTK 4935, GG-1, 1978
Title:  AMTK 4935, GG-1, 1978
Description:  Amtrak. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide (converted to B&W) of a photo by William Rosenberg that was taken in Trenton, New Jersey, on 23 December 1978. Shown here is Amtrak engine #4935, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Juniata in March of 1943 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. Produced and distributed by Audio-Visual Designs, 12HS-40.
Photo Date:  12/23/1978  Upload Date: 9/6/2018 3:19:04 PM
Location:  Trenton, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 4935(GG1)
Views:  293   Comments: 0
AMTK 4904, GG-1, 1979
Title:  AMTK 4904, GG-1, 1979
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak locomotive in Larchmont, New York, on 07 September 1979. Shown here is Amtrak engine #4904, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Juniata as number "4901" during May of 1940, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and later renumbered AMTK "4904." It is running light from Sunnyside Yard to New Haven, Connecticut. Also visible is a portion of Interstate Highway 95 on the right.
Photo Date:  9/7/1979  Upload Date: 6/30/2016 3:32:49 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 4904(GG1)
Views:  443   Comments: 1
AMTK 919, AEM7, 1981
Title:  AMTK 919, AEM7, 1981
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak passenger train in Larchmont, New York, on 7 June 1981. Shown here is Amtrak engine #919, an AEM7 built by GM-EMD in January of 1981 and rated at 7,000 horsepower. In this context, it's pulling a seven-car passenger train from New Haven to Washington. Note the 39-foot lengths of "stick rail" on three of the four tracks!
Photo Date:  6/7/1981  Upload Date: 6/30/2016 3:34:48 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 919(AEM7)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
AMTK 940, AEM7, 1985
Title:  AMTK 940, AEM7, 1985
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak passenger train in Larchmont, New York, on 19 July 1985. Shown here is Amtrak engine #940, an AEM7 built by GM-EMD in November of 1981 and rated at 7,000 horsepower. It's pulling a six-car passenger train from Washington to New Haven, where it will be uncoupled and replaced by Diesels that will pull the train the remaining way to Boston.
Photo Date:  7/19/1985  Upload Date: 6/30/2016 3:43:05 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 940(AEM7)
Views:  567   Comments: 0
AMTK 157, "Turboliner," #1 of 2, 1985
Title:  AMTK 157, "Turboliner," #1 of 2, 1985
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an image of the first of two successive photos by Edward Kaspriske that were taken near Beacon, New York, in 1985. Shown here is Amtrak "Turboliner" #157 heading North on its daily sojourn from Buffalo to New York City and back. Edward Kaspriske Collection
Photo Date:  9/22/1985  Upload Date: 6/23/2023 6:57:58 AM
Location:  Beacon, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 157(Turboliner)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
AMTK 157, "Turboliner," #2 of 2, 1985
Title:  AMTK 157, "Turboliner," #2 of 2, 1985
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an image of the second of two successive photos by Edward Kaspriske that were taken near Beacon, New York, in 1985. Shown here is Amtrak "Turboliner" #157 heading North on its daily sojourn from Buffalo to New York City and back. Visible in the distance is the Newburg-Beacon Bridge spanning the right-to-left flowing Hudson River. Edward Kaspriske Collection.
Photo Date:  9/22/1985  Upload Date: 6/23/2023 6:58:47 AM
Location:  Beacon, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 157(Turboliner)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
AMTK 937, AEM7, 1989
Title:  AMTK 937, AEM7, 1989
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Larchmont, New York, during May of 1989. Shown here (L to R) is AMTK engine #937 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are AEM7's built by GM-EMD and rated at 7,000 horsepower each. #937 was constructed in November of 1981. They are racing through the Larchmont Passenger Station on Track #4 with a train headed for New Haven and points North. Visible on the right is a portion of catenary stanchion #109. On the far left is a portion of the yellow-stuccoed Brompton Apartment building, where I've lived since 1 September 1977!
Photo Date:  5/5/1989  Upload Date: 7/21/2018 2:07:52 PM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 937(AEM7)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Amtrak Passenger Trains, #1 of 6, 1992
Title:  Amtrak Passenger Trains, #1 of 6, 1992
Description:  Amtrak. Here is the first of six successive original photos that I took at the Virginia Railway Express L'Enfant Plaza Passenger Station in Southeast Washington, DC, on 20 June 1992. Shown here is an Amtrak passenger train pulled by engine #348, an F40PH built by GM-EMD in November of 1980 and rated at 3,200 horsepower. This nine-car train has just departed Union Station and has roared through the tunnels under Washington's streets on its way to Richmond and points South.
Photo Date:  6/20/1992  Upload Date: 1/18/2024 11:14:55 PM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 348(F40PH)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
Amtrak Passenger Trains, #3 of 6, 1992
Title:  Amtrak Passenger Trains, #3 of 6, 1992
Description:  Amtrak. Here is the third of six successive original photos that I took at the Virginia Railway Express L'Enfant Plaza Passenger Station in Southeast Washington, DC, on 20 June 1992. Approaching here is an Amtrak passenger train pulled by engine #206, an F40PH built by GM-EMD in July of 1976 and rated at 3,200 horsepower. This train has just departed Union Station and has roared through the tunnels under Washington's streets on its way to Richmond and points South.
Photo Date:  6/20/1992  Upload Date: 1/17/2024 7:41:43 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 206(F40PH)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Amtrak Passenger Trains, #4 of 6, 1992
Title:  Amtrak Passenger Trains, #4 of 6, 1992
Description:  Amtrak. Here is the fourth of six successive original photos that I took at the Virginia Railway Express L'Enfant Plaza Passenger Station in Southeast Washington, DC, on 20 June 1992. Shown here is an Amtrak passenger train pulled by engine #206, an F40PH built by GM-EMD in July of 1976 and rated at 3,200 horsepower. This train has just departed Union Station and has roared through the tunnels under Washington's streets on its way to Richmond and points South.
Photo Date:  6/20/1992  Upload Date: 6/30/2016 3:47:13 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 206(F40PH)
Views:  520   Comments: 1
Amtrak Passenger Trains, #5 of 6, 1992
Title:  Amtrak Passenger Trains, #5 of 6, 1992
Description:  Amtrak. Here is the fifth of six successive original photos that I took at the Virginia Railway Express L'Enfant Plaza Passenger Station in Southeast Washington, DC, on 20 June 1992. Shown here is an Amtrak passenger train ~ pulled by an unidentified locomotive ~ heading toward the tunnels under Washington's streets leading to Union Station and points North. Note the old cross bars which once supported catenary for Pennsylvania Railroad electrics to and from Potomac Yard.
Photo Date:  6/20/1992  Upload Date: 1/17/2024 7:42:30 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  44   Comments: 0
Amtrak Passenger Trains, #6 of 6, 1992
Title:  Amtrak Passenger Trains, #6 of 6, 1992
Description:  Amtrak. Here is the sixth of six successive original photos that I took at the Virginia Railway Express L'Enfant Plaza Passenger Station in Southeast Washington, DC, on 20 June 1992. Fading away here is an Amtrak passenger train pulled by engine #206, an F40PH built by GM-EMD in July of 1976 and rated at 3,200 horsepower. This train has just departed Union Station and has roared through the tunnels under Washington's streets on its way to Richmond and points South.
Photo Date:  6/20/1992  Upload Date: 1/17/2024 7:42:56 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 206(F40PH)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
AMTK 406, F40PHR, 1995
Title:  AMTK 406, F40PHR, 1995
Description:  Amtrak. Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken from the 4th Street Footbridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 1 July 1995. Prominent here is Amtrak engine #406, an F-40PHR built by GM-EMD in January of 1988 and rated at 3,200 horsepower. In this context, it's just departed the Altoona Passenger Station with a four-car passenger train bound for Harrisburg and points East. At the same time, three Conrail diesel-electric locomotives built by GM-EMD are departing the Westbound Classification Yard with a freight train bound for Conway. Note the two iterations of the 7th Street Bridge in the distance: the old and the new!
Photo Date:  7/1/1995  Upload Date: 6/23/2021 8:03:45 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 406(F40PHR) CR 3336(GP40-2) CR 6522(SD40-2) CR 6440(SD40-2)
Views:  426   Comments: 0


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