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Owner: Amtrak
Model:EMD SW8Built As:NYC 9623 (SW8)
Serial Number:16325Order No:4144
Frame Number:4144-16Built:2/1953
Notes:ex-NYC 9623, NYC, PC, CR 8623
Other locos with this serial:  AMTK 747(SW8) PC 8623(SW8) NYC 9623(SW8)
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AMTK 747
Title:  AMTK 747
Description:  AMTK 747, exact date unknown
Photo Date:  1/1/1984  Upload Date: 7/6/2007 12:40:31 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
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Locomotives:  AMTK 747(SW8)
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AMTK 747
Title:  AMTK 747
Description:  AMTK 747
Photo Date:  5/1/1984  Upload Date: 7/6/2007 10:10:43 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
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Locomotives:  AMTK 747(SW8)
Views:  552   Comments: 0
Amtrak SW8 747
Title:  Amtrak SW8 747
Description:  Amtrak SW8 747 was built at EMD’s Plant No. 3 in Cleveland, Ohio in February 1953 as New York Central 9623. It was subsequently Penn Central 8623 in 1968, and Conrail 8623 in 1976, and in May 1983 it was one of four SW8’s Conrail traded to Amtrak for a pair of E8A’s. It arrived in New Orleans in Npv 1984 where it received the new paint job shown here. It was last used on 3 February 1994, was sold that September and left NOUPT in December. New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal'r three SW8’s 1-3 were also made in Cleveland.
Photo Date:  10/5/1985  Upload Date: 5/24/2018 1:06:15 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 747(SW8)
Views:  582   Comments: 1


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