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Lake Shore
Title:  Lake Shore
Description:  A three hour late Lake Shore Limited rolls into the Albany Renssalaer station behind an SDP40F/E 9B combination. I lived in NY City, which was electrified territory, and mostly saw FL 9s and electric motors, with an occasional E unit if I got to Harmon. The SDP40F was a treat, and this was the first one I had seen. The power was pulled here, probably so it could be serviced and sent back west. I dont recall what the train got-I think Es, though it could have been FL 9s, which sometimes ran to Albany.
Photo Date:  12/26/1977  Upload Date: 12/9/2016 4:34:56 AM
Location:  Renssalaer, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 543(SDP40F)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
AMTK 630 & 543 on the Headend of the Silver Meteor
Title:  AMTK 630 & 543 on the Headend of the Silver Meteor
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1979  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 3:23:19 PM
Location:  Jacksonville, FL
Author:  Robert Truett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 630(SDP40F) AMTK 543(SDP40F)
Views:  720   Comments: 0
AMTK 543
Title:  AMTK 543
Description:  This is actually the southbound Meteor through Ocala, FL during the winter of '77. Amtk 543 is leading 4 more SDP40Fs, several with freeze damage, along with several freeze damaged cars in the consist headed for repairs in Hialeigh.
Photo Date:  12/31/1979  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 3:23:20 PM
Location:  Ocala, FL
Author:  Robert Truett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 543(SDP40F)
Views:  650   Comments: 0
AMTK 630 and 544
Title:  AMTK 630 and 544
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/10/1974  Upload Date: 12/13/2009 9:06:14 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 630(SDP40F) AMTK 544(SDP40F)
Views:  1201   Comments: 0
AMTK 544 and 603 Eastbound
Title:  AMTK 544 and 603 Eastbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/2/1975  Upload Date: 1/1/2010 1:55:30 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 544(SDP40F) AMTK 603(SDP40F)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
AMTK 544 meets Amtk 713 at Jacksonville, FL
Title:  AMTK 544 meets Amtk 713 at Jacksonville, FL
Description:  Amtk 713, an Amfleet Coach and an Amclub/Amcafe were brought to Jacksonville for training for the Mechanical and Onboard Services personnel prior to the start of the train 89/90, the Palmetto from NY to Savannah. Personnel from the Amtrak South Eastern Reservation Sales Office in Jacksonville were also given the opportunity to see the new equipment first hand. Of course some of us also took advantage to take some pictures.
Photo Date:  11/1/1975  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 12:40:43 AM
Location:  Jacksonville, FL
Author:  Robert Truett
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 544(SDP40F) AMTK 713(P30CH)
Views:  798   Comments: 1
AMTK 544 southbound on the Meteor
Title:  AMTK 544 southbound on the Meteor
Description:  Amtrak 544 was one of several early units, others were 542, 543 and 545, that ended up in the Power pool for the Florida trains.
Photo Date:  12/31/1979  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 3:23:20 PM
Location:  Jacksonville, FL
Author:  Robert Truett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 544(SDP40F)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
AMTK 646 & 544
Title:  AMTK 646 & 544
Description:  Watching the switching move at Jacksonville to combine the Miami and Tampa sides of the trains together was always interesting. By getting on the side of the Edgewood Avenue Overpass you could get a little height advantage. Southern's TOFC facility is in the background, part of Simpson Yard I believe.
Photo Date:  12/31/1979  Upload Date: 11/27/2009 10:09:18 PM
Location:  Jacksonville, FL
Author:  Robert Truett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 646(SDP40F) AMTK 544(SDP40F)
Views:  605   Comments: 4
AMTK 544 trailing unit behind 646 on the northbound Silver Meteor leaving  the station
Title:  AMTK 544 trailing unit behind 646 on the northbound Silver Meteor leaving the station
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1979  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 3:23:23 PM
Location:  Jacksonville, FL
Author:  Robert Truett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 544(SDP40F)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
AMTK 545
Title:  AMTK 545
Description:  AMTK 545 was built in 1974 and off the roster by the end of 1979.
Photo Date:  6/5/1977  Upload Date: 12/25/2014 3:51:45 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 545(SDP40F)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
AMTK 545
Title:  AMTK 545
Description:  AMTK 545 backs into LAUPT with the power for the northbound "Coast Starlight".
Photo Date:  6/5/1977  Upload Date: 12/25/2014 3:52:13 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 545(SDP40F)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
AMTK F40PHR 260
Title:  AMTK F40PHR 260
Description:  Amtrak F40PHR 260 at about 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 4/5/2014 2:22:16 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 260(F40PHR) CR 4063(E8A) AMTK 545(SDP40F)
Views:  936   Comments: 0
AMTK 63
Title:  AMTK 63
Description:  Amtrak ANF Turbo 63 at 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Admittedly a poor exposure, but the background is interesting.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 12/10/2013 12:54:10 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 63(Turboliner) AMTK 545(SDP40F) CR 4063(E8A) AMTK 260(F40PHR)
Views:  1050   Comments: 3
Amtrak 545 in Alabama
Title:  Amtrak 545 in Alabama
Description:  Amtrak SDP40F is the sole unit on train no.56, the northbound "Floridian" as it makes its station stop at Montgomery AL in January 1979. The "Floridian" was Amtrak's last attempt at a direct Chicago to Florida5train; it was anulled only ten months later. Looking back now I wonder why I didn't shoot a picture of the whole train and the station; ah, but that's irrelevent now. As for this unit, the five-year old 545 has only a few months to go before it went back to EMD as trade bait for a new F40PH.
Photo Date:  1/3/1979  Upload Date: 3/22/2009 9:48:24 PM
Location:  Montgomery, AL
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 545(SDP40F)
Views:  782   Comments: 1
AMTK 545
Title:  AMTK 545
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1979  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 3:23:19 PM
Location:  Jacksonville, FL
Author:  Robert Truett
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 545(SDP40F)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
Southbound Floridian arriving in Birmingham.
Title:  Southbound Floridian arriving in Birmingham.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/22/2013 12:11:46 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 546(SDP40F)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
Southbound Floridian arriving in Birmingham. It's funny, I took this photo 40 years ago and while scanning it, I notice that I got a picture of the Southern Rwy Freight depot. It is the red brick building with white windows in the right middle of the pict
Title:  Southbound Floridian arriving in Birmingham. It's funny, I took this photo 40 years ago and while scanning it, I notice that I got a picture of the Southern Rwy Freight depot. It is the red brick building with white windows in the right middle of the pict
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/22/2013 12:11:18 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 546(SDP40F)
Views:  313   Comments: 1
Southbound Floridian arriving Birmingham several hours late. This is the forth train of the day in Birmingham! This is my train!
Title:  Southbound Floridian arriving Birmingham several hours late. This is the forth train of the day in Birmingham! This is my train!
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/22/2013 12:10:51 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 546(SDP40F)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
Northbound Floridian at Birmingham - Amtrak/L&N station. This is the third train for the day in Birmingham! That is station porter, Harrison Porterfield assisting passengers with baggage.
Title:  Northbound Floridian at Birmingham - Amtrak/L&N station. This is the third train for the day in Birmingham! That is station porter, Harrison Porterfield assisting passengers with baggage.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/22/2013 12:10:05 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 546(SDP40F)
Views:  377   Comments: 1
Amtrak on the Monon
Title:  Amtrak on the Monon
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/11/1977  Upload Date: 1/5/2010 10:31:41 PM
Location:  Munster, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 546(SDP40F)
Views:  590   Comments: 2
AMTK 547
Title:  AMTK 547
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/10/2017 7:29:05 PM
Location:  Alford, OR
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 547(SDP40F)
Views:  197   Comments: 1
Amtrak #7 Empire Builder
Title:  Amtrak #7 Empire Builder
Description:  SDP40Fs 548/574
Photo Date:  6/10/1977  Upload Date: 4/26/2022 10:58:43 AM
Location:  Auburn, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 548(SDP40F)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Amtrak SDP40F 548
Title:  Amtrak SDP40F 548
Description:  Amtrak train #7 - Empire Builder
Photo Date:  6/10/1977  Upload Date: 4/26/2022 11:00:04 AM
Location:  Auburn, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 548(SDP40F)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
AMTK 548
Title:  AMTK 548
Description:  AMTK 548 leads the "Empire Builder" out of Pasco. At the time the E.B. used the ex-NP line from Spokane to Seattle.
Photo Date:  7/31/1977  Upload Date: 12/25/2014 3:53:03 PM
Location:  Pasco, WA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 548(SDP40F)
Views:  283   Comments: 1
AMTK 548
Title:  AMTK 548
Description:  AMTK 548 was added to the roster in April 1974 and returned to EMD in 1978 after only four years of service.
Photo Date:  7/31/1977  Upload Date: 12/25/2014 3:53:50 PM
Location:  Pasco, WA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 548(SDP40F)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Northbound Floridian at Birmingham - Amtrak/L&N station. This is the third train for the day in Birmingham!
Title:  Northbound Floridian at Birmingham - Amtrak/L&N station. This is the third train for the day in Birmingham!
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/22/2013 12:09:27 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 549(SDP40F)
Views:  1216   Comments: 0
Northbound Floridian at Birmingham - Amtrak/L&N station. This is the third train for the day in Birmingham!
Title:  Northbound Floridian at Birmingham - Amtrak/L&N station. This is the third train for the day in Birmingham!
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/22/2013 12:08:45 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 549(SDP40F)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
AMTK SDP40F 549
Title:  AMTK SDP40F 549
Description:  Southbound.
Photo Date:  10/18/1974  Upload Date: 6/14/2008 7:17:59 AM
Location:  Auburndale, FL
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 549(SDP40F)
Views:  620   Comments: 0
AMTK SDP40F 549
Title:  AMTK SDP40F 549
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/1974  Upload Date: 2/24/2008 8:54:11 AM
Location:  Auburndale, FL
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 549(SDP40F)
Views:  853   Comments: 2
AMTK 549
Title:  AMTK 549
Description:  AMTK 549
Photo Date:  12/27/1975  Upload Date: 7/3/2007 9:21:28 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 549(SDP40F)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
AMTK 549
Title:  AMTK 549
Description:  Picture was taken by Harv Khan(Deceased) I am posting so everyone can enjoy his excellent work
Photo Date:  12/30/1975  Upload Date: 8/21/2008 10:46:03 PM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Crow T. Robot
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 549(SDP40F)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
Amtrak SDP40F #549
Title:  Amtrak SDP40F #549
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency
Photo Date:  10/1/1976  Upload Date: 3/11/2007 3:16:23 AM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 549(SDP40F)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
AMTK 549
Title:  AMTK 549
Description:  Amtrak 549 leads the St. Petersburg section of the Floridian northbound at Lakeland, FL. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1977  Upload Date: 11/28/2008 2:50:40 PM
Location:  Lakeland, FL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 549(SDP40F)
Views:  545   Comments: 1
AMTK passenger train "Floridian" charges out of Parkwood Tunnel on the L&N headed to Montgomery, AL
Title:  AMTK passenger train "Floridian" charges out of Parkwood Tunnel on the L&N headed to Montgomery, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1978  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 12:16:20 PM
Location:  Parkwood, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 549(SDP40F)
Views:  654   Comments: 2
AMTK 604
Title:  AMTK 604
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/13/1977  Upload Date: 8/6/2011 3:27:06 PM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 604(SDP40F) AMTK 550(SDP40F)
Views:  616   Comments: 0
AMTK 550
Title:  AMTK 550
Description:  Amtrak's northbound Silver Star is ready to leave the former ACL depot in St. Petersburg. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1977  Upload Date: 8/7/2009 10:36:02 PM
Location:  Saint Petersburg, FL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 550(SDP40F)
Views:  639   Comments: 1
AMTK 550
Title:  AMTK 550
Description:  Amtrak SDP40F 550 and a sister make a brief station stop at Alexandria, VA with the southbound Champion. Internal parts from AMTK 550 were later utilized in F40PHR #294. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1977  Upload Date: 8/7/2009 10:37:13 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 550(SDP40F)
Views:  470   Comments: 0
AMTK 647 "Silver Meteor"
Title:  AMTK 647 "Silver Meteor"
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1978  Upload Date: 7/15/2016 6:53:27 PM
Location:  Callahan, FL
Author:  Gary Larimer
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 647(SDP40F) AMTK 550(SDP40F)
Views:  542   Comments: 1
Amtrak #14
Title:  Amtrak #14
Description:  SDP40Fs 551/556
Photo Date:  6/13/1974  Upload Date: 10/20/2009 12:32:48 AM
Location:  Kent, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 551(SDP40F)
Views:  500   Comments: 1
Coast Starlight
Title:  Coast Starlight
Description:  551 and one other SDP40F lead southbound Coast Starlight south of Salinas
Photo Date:  12/19/1974  Upload Date: 8/6/2011 6:22:15 PM
Location:  Serrano, CA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 551(SDP40F)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
AMTK 551
Title:  AMTK 551
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/19/1974  Upload Date: 8/6/2011 3:28:26 PM
Location:  Salinas, CA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 551(SDP40F)
Views:  394   Comments: 0
Coast Starlight
Title:  Coast Starlight
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/19/1974  Upload Date: 12/10/2013 1:04:43 PM
Location:  Serrano, CA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 551(SDP40F)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
AMTK 551
Title:  AMTK 551
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1975  Upload Date: 10/10/2017 7:29:31 PM
Location:  Eugene, OR
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 551(SDP40F)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Westbound SUNSET
Title:  Westbound SUNSET
Description:  Cruising along at 70 MPH, SDP40F's 551 and 557 were powering the westbound SUNSET LIMITED passed the "temporary" train order office at Raceland Junction, as the operator gave the train a roll-by inspection. Steam generator car 1918 was tucked in behind the locomotives, which was very unusual. This "temporary" office was placed here soon after a freight train derailment wrecked the previous depot on 10 June 1967 and it remained here for almost 18 years, until the introduction of Direct Traffic Control (DTC) on 18 February 1985 eliminated the need for any train order offices along the SUNSET ROUTE between New Orleans and El Paso.
Photo Date:  8/6/1976  Upload Date: 4/14/2007 10:24:09 PM
Location:  Raceland Junction, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 551(SDP40F)
Views:  5949   Comments: 15
AMTK 551,569,south end depot 1,2.
Title:  AMTK 551,569,south end depot 1,2.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/2009  Upload Date: 8/16/2009 1:07:00 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  chris mclarney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 551(SDP40F) AMTK 569(SDP40F)
Views:  495   Comments: 1
Amtrak Train No. 1
Title:  Amtrak Train No. 1
Description:  Amtrak SDP40F’s 557 and 552 were nicely-illuminated by the low winter sun as they lead train No. 1 – the westbound SUNSET LIMITED – up the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE.
Photo Date:  1/13/1975  Upload Date: 7/31/2022 11:59:46 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 552(SDP40F) AMTK 557(SDP40F)
Views:  258   Comments: 1
AMTK 552
Title:  AMTK 552
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 10/10/2017 7:40:50 PM
Location:  Albany, OR
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 552(SDP40F)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
AMTK 569
Title:  AMTK 569
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1975  Upload Date: 8/6/2011 3:34:00 PM
Location:  Salinas, CA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 569(SDP40F) AMTK 553(SDP40F)
Views:  500   Comments: 1
Amtrak Train No. 1
Title:  Amtrak Train No. 1
Description:  Amtrak train No. 1 – the westbound SUNSET LIMITED – was photographed from the Palmetto Avenue overpass as it made its way out of New Orleans behind SDP40F units 553 and 569.
Photo Date:  1/15/1975  Upload Date: 10/26/2021 5:36:13 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 553(SDP40F)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
AMTK 553
Title:  AMTK 553
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1976  Upload Date: 10/10/2017 7:41:38 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 553(SDP40F)
Views:  193   Comments: 0


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