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Viewing Album:  Amtrak
 
By:John Hepp
Dates:1/1/1975 - 12/31/2016
Album Info:On May 1, 1971, Amtrak took over virtually all of the long distance passenger trains in the United States. At first, it repainted classic railroad equipment but starting in the late-1970s bought new locomotives and equipment. Here are some photos of the "pointless arrow" (its nickname based on its first logo) from the 1970s onward.
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Amtrak 924
Title:  Amtrak 924
Description:  When Amtrak still operated its Harrisburg trains from Suburban Station, every so often a GG1 would operate into the station (all the regular trains were operated by Sihverliners at the time). Heres one heading in through Thirtieth Street in May 1977.
Photo Date:  5/10/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 5:55:59 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 924(GG1)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
Amtrak 917
Title:  Amtrak 917
Description:  A GG1 heads a westbound Amtrak train through Merion, PA, on May 15, 1977.
Photo Date:  5/15/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 12:02:23 PM
Location:  Merion Station, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 917(GG1)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
Amtrak 255
Title:  Amtrak 255
Description:  Another of Amtraks Philadelphia switchers, an es-PC EMD SW1, at Race Street Engine Terminal in May 1977.
Photo Date:  5/17/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 11:33:22 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 255(SW1)
Views:  473   Comments: 0
Amtrak 905
Title:  Amtrak 905
Description:  A GG1 on a Florida train at Newark in May 1977.
Photo Date:  5/18/1977  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:35:56 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 905(GG1)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
Amtrak 4933
Title:  Amtrak 4933
Description:  A GG1 heads the Broadwa Limited as it rolls westbound through Merion, PA, in June 1977.
Photo Date:  6/15/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 4:56:39 PM
Location:  Merion Station, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 4933(GG1)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Amtrak 883
Title:  Amtrak 883
Description:  A northbound Budd Metroliner stops at Wilmington, DE, in June 1977. The small Amtrak logo was used on a small group of Metroliners.
Photo Date:  6/15/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 5:40:01 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 883(Electric M.U.)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
Amtrak 902
Title:  Amtrak 902
Description:  Another black Amtrak GG1 heads up the National Limited, a New York via Pittsburgh to Saint Louis train, at Merion, PA, in June 1977.
Photo Date:  6/20/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 11:55:33 AM
Location:  Merion Station, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 902(GG1)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
Amtrak 914
Title:  Amtrak 914
Description:  A GG1 eastbound at Ardmore in July 1977.
Photo Date:  7/12/1977  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:48:39 AM
Location:  Ardmore, PA
Author:  Jovn Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 914(GG1)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
Amtrak 906
Title:  Amtrak 906
Description:  An ex-PRR GG1 at Ivy City engine terminal, just outside of Washington Union Station, in July 1977.7955
Photo Date:  7/16/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 5:53:47 PM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 906(GG1)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
Amtrak 900
Title:  Amtrak 900
Description:  An ex-PRR GG1 at Washington Union Station in July 1977.
Photo Date:  7/16/1977  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 3:37:42 PM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 900(GG1)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
Amtrak 905 and 956
Title:  Amtrak 905 and 956
Description:  A GG1 and a GE E60CP at Ivy City Engine Terminal in July 1977 (photographed from a passing Amtrak train).
Photo Date:  7/16/1977  Upload Date: 9/13/2013 4:53:25 PM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 956(E60)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
Amtrak (PRR) 4935
Title:  Amtrak (PRR) 4935
Description:  Harrisburg, August 1977. This locomotive was repainted in the classic PRR livery by a preservation group and gained the nickname Blackjack because the single digits in its fleet number add up to 21.
Photo Date:  8/13/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 8:48:54 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 4935(GG1)
Views:  639   Comments: 0
Amtrak 453
Title:  Amtrak 453
Description:  A brace of EMD E8s (headed by AMT 453) roll the eastbound Broadway Limited past a Conrail freight train in Marysville, PA, in September 1977.
Photo Date:  9/10/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 6:24:14 PM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 453(E8A) CR 6147(SD45)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
Amtrak 705
Title:  Amtrak 705
Description:  The westbound Blue Ridge on the Potomac River bridge at Harpers Ferry, WV, in September 1977.
Photo Date:  9/10/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 6:28:28 PM
Location:  Harpers Ferry, WV
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 705(P30CH)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
Amtrak 717
Title:  Amtrak 717
Description:  A GE P30CH on the Blue Ridge in Harpers Ferry, WV, in September 1977.
Photo Date:  9/10/1977  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 1:13:08 PM
Location:  Harpers Ferry, WV
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 717(P30CH)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
Amtrak 738
Title:  Amtrak 738
Description:  An EMD SW1 switching the post office tracks at Thirtieth Street in September 1977.
Photo Date:  9/15/1977  Upload Date: 9/11/2013 8:37:05 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 738(SW1)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
Amtrak 705
Title:  Amtrak 705
Description:  A GE P30CH on the eastbound Blue Ridge at Harpers Ferry, WV, in September 1977.
Photo Date:  9/17/1977  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 3:00:31 PM
Location:  Harpers Ferry, WV
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 705(P30CH)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
Amtrak 717
Title:  Amtrak 717
Description:  A GE P30CH leads an Amtrak train out of Union Station in Washington in November 1977.
Photo Date:  11/9/1977  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 1:11:39 PM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 717(P30CH)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
Amtrak 830
Title:  Amtrak 830
Description:  Very few of the Budd Metroliners received the full Amtrak livery but 830 was one that did. Union Station, Baltimore, November 1977.
Photo Date:  11/12/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 8:54:28 PM
Location:  Baltimore Penn Stati, MD
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 830(Electric M.U.)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
Amtrak 958
Title:  Amtrak 958
Description:  After the sun has gone down, the Scotchlite tape lights up. A GE E60CP waits for the Army-Navy Game to end in November 1977 at Stadium in South Philadelphia.
Photo Date:  11/26/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 12:08:24 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Night,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 958(E60)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
Amtrak 971
Title:  Amtrak 971
Description:  Two GE E60CPs head an Army-Navy Game special at Stadium in November 1977.
Photo Date:  11/26/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 8:55:57 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 971(E60)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
Amtrak 966
Title:  Amtrak 966
Description:  A GE E60CP on an Army-Navy Game Special in November 1977 at Stadium. The metal grills on the windows were because rock throwing at trains was common at the time.
Photo Date:  11/26/1977  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:58:50 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 966(E60)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
Amtrak 966 and 959
Title:  Amtrak 966 and 959
Description:  Two GE E60CPs on Amtrak Army-Navy Game trains at Stadium in November 1977.
Photo Date:  11/26/1977  Upload Date: 9/13/2013 5:07:40 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Night,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 966(E60) AMTK 959(E60)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
Amtrak 958
Title:  Amtrak 958
Description:  A GE E60CP on Amtrak Army-Navy Game trains at Stadium in November 1977.
Photo Date:  11/26/1977  Upload Date: 9/13/2013 5:08:32 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Night,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 958(E60)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
Amtrak 962
Title:  Amtrak 962
Description:  Two GE E60CPs on an Amtrak Army-Navy Game train at Stadium in November 1977.
Photo Date:  11/26/1977  Upload Date: 9/13/2013 5:09:36 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Night,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 962(E60)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Amtrak 723
Title:  Amtrak 723
Description:  A GE P30CH at New Orleans on February 28, 1978.
Photo Date:  2/28/1978  Upload Date: 9/13/2013 4:56:20 PM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 723(P30CH) NOUPT 1(SW8)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
Amtrak 530
Title:  Amtrak 530
Description:  An EMD SDP40F in the then-new Amtrak livery on the Sunset Limited at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in March 1978.
Photo Date:  3/8/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 11:38:04 AM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 530(SDP40F)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
Amtrek Panama Limited
Title:  Amtrek Panama Limited
Description:  A GE P30CH leads an Amfleet equipped Panama Limited out of New Orleans in March 1978.
Photo Date:  3/8/1978  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 7:57:06 AM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  111   Comments: 0
Amtrak 274
Title:  Amtrak 274
Description:  An EMD F40PH on The Hilltopper at Lorton, VA, in March 1978 passing the Auto-Train Terminal.
Photo Date:  3/11/1978  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 1:35:00 PM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 274(F40PH) AT 625(S2)
Views:  752   Comments: 0
Amtrak 648
Title:  Amtrak 648
Description:  An EMD SDP40F heads the Silver Star in Miami on March 14, 1978.
Photo Date:  3/14/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 4:58:18 PM
Location:  Miami, FL
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  338   Comments: 2
Amtrak 114
Title:  Amtrak 114
Description:  Amtrak had a funky group of switchers and road switchers (like this classic Alco RS-3) based in Philadelphia. Here, in March 1977, is one on the old PRR wire train in Ardmore, PA.
Photo Date:  3/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 11:29:58 AM
Location:  Ardmore, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Wreck,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 114(RS3)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
Amtrak 720
Title:  Amtrak 720
Description:  A GE P30CH on the Cardinal in Alexandria, VA, March 1978.
Photo Date:  3/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 4:44:38 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 720(P30CH)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Amtrak 642
Title:  Amtrak 642
Description:  An EMD SDP40F on the Sunset Limited at New Orleans, LA, in March 1978.
Photo Date:  3/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 6:27:04 PM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 642(SDP40F)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Amtrak 530
Title:  Amtrak 530
Description:  Two EMD SDP40Fs head the Sunset Limited in March 1978 at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal.
Photo Date:  3/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 8:52:37 PM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 530(SDP40F)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
Amtrak 7110
Title:  Amtrak 7110
Description:  This ALCO S2 joined the Washington Terminal ALCO RS1s and the first time I saw it I was surprised as it was painted like a passenger locomotive not a switcher. March 15, 1978.
Photo Date:  3/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/13/2013 4:54:51 PM
Location:  Union Station, DC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 7110(S2)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
Amtrak 52
Title:  Amtrak 52
Description:  The UA Turbotrain at Ivy City in Washington, DC, in March 1978.
Photo Date:  3/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/13/2013 5:04:37 PM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 52(Turbotrain)
Views:  700   Comments: 0
Amtrak 970
Title:  Amtrak 970
Description:  An GE E60CP at Washington Union Station in March 1978. The columns for the sheds created many interesting angles. This photo was taken from the vestibule of another Amtrak train.
Photo Date:  3/18/1978  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 3:34:32 PM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 970(E60)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
Amtrak 953
Title:  Amtrak 953
Description:  The shape of things to come? Like Amtraks first new diesel locomotive (the EMD SDP40F), its first new electric, the GE E60CP, was far from a success. Here is one at the Race Street Engine Terminal in Philadelphia in May 1978, equipped with grills on the windows to protect the crew from rocks thrown by teenagers, a common problem at the time.
Photo Date:  5/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 11:58:17 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 953(E60)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
Amtrak 114
Title:  Amtrak 114
Description:  Heres the Alco RS-3 on a ballast train on the old PRR highline by Thirtieth Street Station in Philadelphia in 1978.
Photo Date:  5/17/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 11:34:48 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 114(RS3)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Amtrak 960
Title:  Amtrak 960
Description:  A GE E60CP heads a southbound corridor train at Newark, NJ, in June 1978.
Photo Date:  6/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 4:55:15 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 960(E60)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
Amtak 607
Title:  Amtak 607
Description:  An EMD SDP40F leads the Chicago-bound Amtrak Mountaineer at Roanoke in July 1978.
Photo Date:  7/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 1:17:37 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 607(SDP40F)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Amtrak 262
Title:  Amtrak 262
Description:  Amtrak 262, an EMD F40PH, leads the eastbound Broadway Limited through Merion, December 1978.
Photo Date:  12/16/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 11:28:33 AM
Location:  Merion Station, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 262(F40PHR)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
Amtrak 769
Title:  Amtrak 769
Description:  The first set of Amtrak work locomotives were painted black and the second set orange (and know as pumpkins). This EMD GP7 was photographed in Newark, NJ, on July 31, 1981, from the Conrail Crusader.
Photo Date:  7/31/1981  Upload Date: 9/11/2013 8:27:15 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 769(GP7)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
Amtrak 312
Title:  Amtrak 312
Description:  An EMD F40PH heads the eastbound Pennsylvania at Altoona in December 1982.
Photo Date:  12/23/1982  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 8:58:55 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 312(F40PHR)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Amtrak 357
Title:  Amtrak 357
Description:  An EMD F40PH photographed from The Broadway Limited in Chicago in May 1983.
Photo Date:  5/18/1983  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 9:00:40 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 357(F40PH)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
Amtrak 274
Title:  Amtrak 274
Description:  An EMD F40PH brings The Pennsylvanian into Tyrone, PA, in July 1983.
Photo Date:  7/15/1983  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 8:57:22 PM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 274(F40PH)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
Amtrak 975
Title:  Amtrak 975
Description:  A GE E60CP at Baltimore in August 1985.
Photo Date:  8/17/1985  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 5:42:41 PM
Location:  Baltimore Penn Stati, MD
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 975(E60)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
Amtrak 371
Title:  Amtrak 371
Description:  An EMD F40PH leads The Carolinian into Durham, NC, in September 1991.
Photo Date:  9/10/1991  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 1:33:08 PM
Location:  Durham, NC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 371(F40PHR)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
Amtrak 219
Title:  Amtrak 219
Description:  An EMD F40PH brings the northbound Amtrak Carolinian into Raleigh, NC, in October 1991.
Photo Date:  10/15/1991  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 1:26:37 PM
Location:  Raleigh, NC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 219(F40PH)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
Amtrak 259
Title:  Amtrak 259
Description:  An EMD F40PH brings the northbound Carolinian into Durham, NC, in May 1992.
Photo Date:  5/20/1992  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 1:29:56 PM
Location:  Durham, NC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 259(F40PHR)
Views:  368   Comments: 0

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