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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:6/1/1976 - 12/29/2014
Album Info:Amtrak trains systemwide.
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Metroliner
Title:  Metroliner
Description:  An Amtrak Metroliner set from the late 60s heads past the Rahway station en route to DC
Photo Date:  5/12/1983  Upload Date: 12/3/2011 12:55:11 AM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 821(Electric M.U.)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
AEM7 939
Title:  AEM7 939
Description:  AEM7 939 blasts through Rahway with a DC bound train.
Photo Date:  5/16/1983  Upload Date: 11/27/2011 2:57:34 AM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 939(AEM7)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
SPV 2000
Title:  SPV 2000
Description:  CDOT 50, painted in Amtrak colors, waits at Springfield Mass to head back to New Haven and a Northeast Corridor connection.
Photo Date:  5/17/1983  Upload Date: 11/27/2011 3:04:45 AM
Location:  Springfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CDOT 50(SPV-2000)
Views:  1262   Comments: 0
AEM7 941
Title:  AEM7 941
Description:  Amtrak 941 races through Rahway witha Clocker for Philly as a train of Arrows approaches on the adjacent track.
Photo Date:  7/11/1983  Upload Date: 11/5/2013 12:13:59 AM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 941(AEM7)
Views:  440   Comments: 1
Crescent arrives
Title:  Crescent arrives
Description:  The Crescent arrives at Alexandria behind a elephant style pair of F40s.
Photo Date:  7/15/1983  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 3:48:51 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 259(F40PHR)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
Amtrak 271
Title:  Amtrak 271
Description:  Amtrak 271 rolls into Alexandria behind elephant style F40s. This was a popular configuration this day.
Photo Date:  7/15/1983  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 3:51:01 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  420   Comments: 0
SW 1
Title:  SW 1
Description:  Amtrak had a fleet of SW 1's that worked yards and some stations. Here's 745 at Sunnyside Yard in Queens
Photo Date:  7/15/1983  Upload Date: 11/12/2013 12:47:37 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard/ Hunt, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 745(SW1) AMTK 951(E60)
Views:  635   Comments: 0
Amtrak 914
Title:  Amtrak 914
Description:  AEM7 914 is ready to go to New York with a corridor train.
Photo Date:  7/15/1983  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 3:53:47 AM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 914(AEM7)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
Amtrak 268
Title:  Amtrak 268
Description:  Seen from the vestibule of the southbound ferry move to Richmond for the 1983 NRHS convention, a northbound Amtrak train approaches Alexandria
Photo Date:  7/17/1983  Upload Date: 11/12/2013 12:39:19 AM
Location:  Springfield, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 268(F40PHR)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
Amtrak 276
Title:  Amtrak 276
Description:  Amtrak 268 leads one of the Florida trains south, overtaking the NRHS convention ferry move on the RF&P
Photo Date:  7/17/1983  Upload Date: 11/12/2013 12:42:46 AM
Location:  Fredericksburg, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 276(F40PH)
Views:  429   Comments: 0
Amtrak 383
Title:  Amtrak 383
Description:  Amtrak 383 leads a southbound into Staples Mill station.
Photo Date:  7/17/1983  Upload Date: 11/18/2013 12:49:49 AM
Location:  Richmond (Amtrak), VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 383(F40PHR)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
Amtrak 267
Title:  Amtrak 267
Description:  Amtrak 267 leads a northbound into Staples Mill Rd stationAmtrak 267 nor
Photo Date:  7/17/1983  Upload Date: 11/18/2013 12:55:06 AM
Location:  Richmond (Amtrak), VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 267(F40PHR)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
Amrak 921
Title:  Amrak 921
Description:  Amtrak 921 hammers past Rahway witha short corridor train
Photo Date:  7/18/1983  Upload Date: 11/5/2013 12:40:16 AM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 941(AEM7)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
E 60 east
Title:  E 60 east
Description:  Even though most corridor trains had gone to AEM7s by 1983, most of the long haul trains ran with E60s due to their superior tractive effort, a plus with heavy trains. Here 970 is on the last leg into New York with a Florida train.
Photo Date:  7/18/1983  Upload Date: 11/5/2013 12:44:59 AM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 970(E60)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
Yard action
Title:  Yard action
Description:  Sunnyside yard was always a great place to see Amtrak power and equipment of all sorts. This view from a passing LIRR train shows a pair of SW 1s an E60 and a Metroliner set
Photo Date:  11/15/1983  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 1:37:29 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 745(SW1) AMTK 731(SW1) AMTK 951(E60)
Views:  891   Comments: 0
Boston bound
Title:  Boston bound
Description:  A Boston bound train heads for Hell Gate, crossing Northern Blvd in Queens.
Photo Date:  11/15/1983  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 1:42:19 AM
Location:  Astoria, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 923(AEM7)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
Rensselaer facility
Title:  Rensselaer facility
Description:  Amtrak built a mainteneance facility adjacent to the Albany Rensselaer station. This is what you could see from the train.
Photo Date:  12/30/1983  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 1:27:20 AM
Location:  Rensselaer, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 347(F40PH)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Busy place
Title:  Busy place
Description:  Amtrak 940 rolls a New York bound train into Stamford. Note the New Canaan train on the far side of the westbound platform, and an approaching communter train from New Haven. Good action for a Saturday.
Photo Date:  1/21/1984  Upload Date: 5/26/2014 3:11:02 AM
Location:  Stamford Rail Statio, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 940(AEM7)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
New York bound
Title:  New York bound
Description:  A New York bound train stops at Stamford on the ex New HAven
Photo Date:  1/21/1984  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 1:39:49 AM
Location:  Stamford Rail Statio, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 940(AEM7)
Views:  372   Comments: 2
Pooches
Title:  Pooches
Description:  A pair of Amtrak P30CHs sit at New Orleans, which was a base for those units. They were commonly seen on the Sunset in that era.
Photo Date:  3/10/1984  Upload Date: 5/26/2014 3:08:03 AM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 716(P30CH) AMTK 717(P30CH)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Southbound for tidewater
Title:  Southbound for tidewater
Description:  One of Amtraks trains to Newport News pauses at Alexandria
Photo Date:  3/24/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2014 3:21:59 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 267(F40PHR)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
New York bound
Title:  New York bound
Description:  The northbound Crescent arrives at Alexandria
Photo Date:  3/24/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2014 3:23:32 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 299(F40PHR) AMTK 285(F40PHR)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
Florida train
Title:  Florida train
Description:  The Silver Meteor works Alexandria, in one of those "close but no cigar" shots with a light pole right in front of the power.
Photo Date:  3/24/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2014 3:26:05 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 328(F40PHR)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
AMTK 152
Title:  AMTK 152
Description:  Amtrak turbo at Utica NY
Photo Date:  5/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/14/2011 11:20:10 PM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 152(Turboliner)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
Out of the sun
Title:  Out of the sun
Description:  An eastbound Amtrak turbo races out of the sun as it makes its way toward Grand Central.
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 2:30:24 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 157(Turboliner)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
Niagara bound
Title:  Niagara bound
Description:  A turbo train makes its Utica stop on its way from New York to Niagara Falls.
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 2:36:27 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 160(Turboliner)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
Lake Shore
Title:  Lake Shore
Description:  The Boston section of the Lake Shore makes its stop at Pittsfield Mass. The Amtrak station here was put in after they restored service in 1975. The former station was a large wooden frame building about 1/2 mile to the west that served the NYC and New Haven, which came up from Danbury.
Photo Date:  7/13/1984  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 2:39:15 AM
Location:  Pittsfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 216(F40PH)
Views:  450   Comments: 1
Broadway on the curve
Title:  Broadway on the curve
Description:  The eastbound Broadway approaches Horseshoe Curve behind consecutively numbered F40's as it makes its way to an engine change at Harrisburg, and on to New York. Some trains were still carrying Slumbercoaches in late 1984-note the partial view of the sleeper at the far left.
Photo Date:  9/27/1984  Upload Date: 7/3/2014 3:34:06 AM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 367(F40PHR)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
Southwest arrives
Title:  Southwest arrives
Description:  The Southwest Chief-Santa Fe would not let Amtrak use the Super Chief name-arrives at Albuquerque behind a trio of F40s.
Photo Date:  10/5/1984  Upload Date: 7/10/2014 1:30:01 AM
Location:  Albuquerque, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 251(F40PHR) AMTK 249(F40PHR) AMTK 246(F40PHR)
Views:  749   Comments: 1
Washing up
Title:  Washing up
Description:  At that time, it was preactice to wash the windows, at least on the western long distance trains, in mid trip. The washer has just completed this task on train 3.
Photo Date:  10/5/1984  Upload Date: 7/10/2014 1:35:06 AM
Location:  Albuquerque, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  140   Comments: 2
Amtrak 940
Title:  Amtrak 940
Description:  Amtrak 940 heads for an engine change at New Haven, mkaing good speed through Rye.
Photo Date:  2/5/1985  Upload Date: 9/26/2014 1:19:52 PM
Location:  Rye, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 940(AEM7)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
Headed for Penn
Title:  Headed for Penn
Description:  A westbound Amtrak train rolls through Rye on its way to New York in the gathering gloom of a February day.
Photo Date:  2/5/1985  Upload Date: 2/5/1985 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Rye, NY
Author:  Som Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 941(AEM7)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
AEM 7 headed for New Haven
Title:  AEM 7 headed for New Haven
Description:  An AEM 7 wheels a Boston bound train through the sharp curve at Rye. The catenary gives this away as the ex New Haven
Photo Date:  2/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/13/2012 5:05:06 PM
Location:  Rye, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 909(AEM7)
Views:  332   Comments: 1
Boston section
Title:  Boston section
Description:  The Boston section of the Lake Shore rolls past the Palmer szation belind a "ghetto grill" equipped F40, a staple of northeastern passenger trains
Photo Date:  2/19/1985  Upload Date: 9/26/2014 1:31:32 PM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 209(F40PH)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
Headed up the Hudson
Title:  Headed up the Hudson
Description:  An Amtrak Turboliner, standard equipment in Empire Service at the time, blasts by the station at Garrison.
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 2:51:16 AM
Location:  Garrison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 152(Turboliner)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
Going away to Albany
Title:  Going away to Albany
Description:  A westbound turbo makes a fast run for Albany. The turbos tended to have a lot of smoky exhaust, which explains the filthy cab.
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 2:52:37 AM
Location:  Garrison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 157(Turboliner)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
Grand Central bound.
Title:  Grand Central bound.
Description:  The move to Penn Station for NY state trains is still a few years away as this turbo rolls past Garrison en route to Grand Central
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 2:53:43 AM
Location:  Garrison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 163(Turboliner)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
FL 9 and a surprise
Title:  FL 9 and a surprise
Description:  An FL 9 led train rolls out of Harmon, not a big deal in those days. The surprise is the HEP car behind the power. This was the only time I ever saw one in New York. Take a look at the Harom engine tracks in the background. Lots of good stuff over there.
Photo Date:  4/19/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 2:56:39 AM
Location:  Harmon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 488(FL9) AMTK 695(Power Car)
Views:  1239   Comments: 1
Union station switcher
Title:  Union station switcher
Description:  Amtrak had acquired a group of rebuilt SW 1200s in a swap with the Santa Fe for some SDP40Fs, and they started turning up all over. This one is at Washington Union Station. Seen from the passing Silver Star
Photo Date:  5/4/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:06:40 AM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 562(SSB1200)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Help from a friend
Title:  Help from a friend
Description:  This RF&P unit was at Union Station with a pair of Amtrak F40s. My guess is it was added to an Amtrak train after one of their own units failed south of DC.
Photo Date:  5/4/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:09:07 AM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 136(GP35)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
Yard goat
Title:  Yard goat
Description:  The Miami yard engine makes up a New York train as I arrive on the Silver Star. Note the Slumbercoach. They were a staple on the Florida trains and the New York-Chicago trains, and were a really economical way to get a bed, however small, instead of sleeping in a coach seat. As I recall, the extra charge was around $15.
Photo Date:  5/5/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:00:20 AM
Location:  Miami Station, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 556(SSB1200)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
Gone and stored in Florida
Title:  Gone and stored in Florida
Description:  A line of SDP40Fs was adjacent to the station in Miami awaiting disposition, having been deposed from their reign as Amtraks main passenger power.
Photo Date:  5/5/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:02:12 AM
Location:  Miami Station, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  480   Comments: 0
Dead line
Title:  Dead line
Description:  There was a line of SDP40Fs at Miami next to the station, this one in the "pointless arrow" scheme.
Photo Date:  5/5/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:03:57 AM
Location:  Miami Station, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 627(SDP40F)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
Auto train switcher
Title:  Auto train switcher
Description:  Amtrak kept this Dewitt Geep-an RS 3 rebuilt with a 567 engine from an E 8 by Conrail at Syracuse-to switch the Auto Train at Sanford FL
Photo Date:  5/6/1985  Upload Date: 9/28/2014 3:52:58 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 107(RS3M)
Views:  412   Comments: 1
Auto Train arrives
Title:  Auto Train arrives
Description:  The Auto Train behind a pair of F40s I had seen in Washington that previous Saturday arrives at Sanford.
Photo Date:  5/6/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:28:38 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 381(F40PHR)
Views:  724   Comments: 2
Sometimes traffic aint so bad.
Title:  Sometimes traffic aint so bad.
Description:  I was waiting at the toll plaza on the Triboro Bridge when this Amtrak train for Boston rolled past on the adjacent Hell Gate.
Photo Date:  5/12/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:47:02 AM
Location:  Hell Gate Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 910(AEM7)
Views:  392   Comments: 1
FL 9 south
Title:  FL 9 south
Description:  Amtrak had only a dozen FL 9s, about half of which were out of service by this time, so it was always good to see one. This one is leading a southbound train from Albany, and will run it all the way into Grand Central.
Photo Date:  6/11/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:32:52 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 490(FL9)
Views:  700   Comments: 0
Turbo on the river
Title:  Turbo on the river
Description:  A westbound turbo rolls along the east bank of the Hudson as seen from Bear Mountain State Park.
Photo Date:  6/11/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:34:40 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  107   Comments: 0
Meet of unusual trains
Title:  Meet of unusual trains
Description:  A pair of SPV 2000s working the shuttle from Harmon to Poughkeepsie meets a turbo train just north of the tunnel on the east bank of the river.
Photo Date:  6/11/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:38:27 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  48   Comments: 0
AEM 7 dash
Title:  AEM 7 dash
Description:  An AEM 7 leads a short train for Penn Station through Greenwich at high speed.
Photo Date:  7/9/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:41:08 AM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 902(AEM7)
Views:  430   Comments: 0


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