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By:Ben Martin
Dates:1/1/2003 - 6/18/2016
Album Info:This is where most of my photos will live. I have stuff from 2003-2016, mainly in the Northeast but also of some western railroads.
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AEM-7AC #918 pauses in Baltimore
Title:  AEM-7AC #918 pauses in Baltimore
Description:  After taking Holiday Extra train #1175 down from New York, AEM-7AC #918 pauses for a brief stop in Baltimore before heading south again.
Photo Date:  11/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/24/2015 11:07:08 PM
Location:  Baltimore Penn Stati, MD
Author:  Ben Martin
Categories:  Winter,Station,Transit,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  AMTK 918(AEM7)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
End of an Era
Title:  End of an Era
Description:  The "Farewell to the AEM-7" special has cruised into Union Station, and no AEM-7 will ever turn a wheel for a revenue Amtrak train again. The 942 and 946 will be hauled dead in tow back to Wilmington for disposition.
Photo Date:  6/18/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 11:21:38 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Martin
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 942(AEM7) AMTK 946(AEM7)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
Handshake
Title:  Handshake
Description:  AEM-7AC #928 passes the torch to ACS-64 #670 at the Wilmington shops. The 670 is fresh from California, and is the final delivery in Amtrak's order of 70 locomotives.
Photo Date:  6/18/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 11:16:16 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Martin
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 928(AEM7) AMTK 670(ACS-64)
Views:  562   Comments: 0
I have no good side
Title:  I have no good side
Description:  AEM-7AC #905 is awaiting an unknown fate inside the Wilmington shops.
Photo Date:  6/18/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 10:22:15 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Martin
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 905(AEM7) AMTK 908(AEM7) AMTK 669(ACS-64)
Views:  1272   Comments: 2
Silent
Title:  Silent
Description:  HHP-8 #690 (ex-#660) is two years into its long, premature retirement. Amtrak must keep these on the roster until their lease from Bombardier expires in 2021.
Photo Date:  6/18/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 10:56:40 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Martin
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 690(HHP8)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
Ready
Title:  Ready
Description:  AEM-7AC #942 is chomping at the bit one last time. She will depart with the "Farewell to the AEM-7" special in a few minutes.
Photo Date:  6/18/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 10:42:03 PM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  Ben Martin
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 942(AEM7) AMTK 946(AEM7)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Retiree
Title:  Retiree
Description:  AEM-7AC #928 shares a state of limbo with several of her sister engines at the Wilmington shops.
Photo Date:  6/18/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 10:26:58 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Martin
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 928(AEM7)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Out of Place
Title:  Out of Place
Description:  HHP-8 #690 (ex-#660) is with unlikely company at the Wilmington shops. This unit should have been out pounding the iron for decades to come.
Photo Date:  6/18/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 11:00:37 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Martin
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 690(HHP8) AMTK 1100(80Tonner) AMTK 145(P42DC) AMTK 642(ACS-64) AMTK 42(P42DC)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
Sleeping
Title:  Sleeping
Description:  P40DC #828, still in Phase IV, is serving as a training umit at the Wilmington shops. She can't move under her own power and has rust holes the size of a grapefruit, but she does have a brand new E-bell!
Photo Date:  6/18/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 11:07:13 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Martin
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 828(P40DC)
Views:  619   Comments: 0
Buddies
Title:  Buddies
Description:  AEM-7AC #942 and #946 say their goodbyes after pulling into Washington, DC with the "Farewell to the AEM-7" special.
Photo Date:  6/18/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 10:45:37 PM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  Ben Martin
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 942(AEM7) AMTK 946(AEM7)
Views:  348   Comments: 0


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