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Amtrak No. 6 exits tunnel
Title:  Amtrak No. 6 exits tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/1973  Upload Date: 6/14/2006 12:24:24 PM
Location:  Newcastle, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6455(FP7A)
Views:  1654   Comments: 3
Amtrak No. 5 arriving
Title:  Amtrak No. 5 arriving
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/26/1973  Upload Date: 6/14/2006 9:09:12 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6455(FP7A)
Views:  1278   Comments: 3
Amtrak No. 5 coming down the fill that leads to the tunnel
Title:  Amtrak No. 5 coming down the fill that leads to the tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/3/1973  Upload Date: 6/14/2006 9:05:26 AM
Location:  Newcastle, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6455(FP7A)
Views:  960   Comments: 1
SP 6455 at San Leandro *E-SD
Title:  SP 6455 at San Leandro *E-SD
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  8/26/1973  Upload Date: 8/2/2020 1:18:29 PM
Location:  San Leandro, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6455(FP7A)
Views:  352   Comments: 2
Amtrak Coast Daylight #13
Title:  Amtrak Coast Daylight #13
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  4/27/1974  Upload Date: 11/22/2022 7:54:02 PM
Location:  Santa Margarita, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6455(FP7A) UP 958(E9A) SP 3208(SDP45)
Views:  277   Comments: 2
Daylight at College Park
Title:  Daylight at College Park
Description:  #6456 & #3009 Crossing Stockton St.
Photo Date:  1/1/1970  Upload Date: 3/16/2009 2:55:08 PM
Location:  San Jose, CA
Author:  Drew Jacksich
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6456(FP7A) SP 3009(GP9)
Views:  1412   Comments: 4
SP 6456 on Amtrak #6 San Francisco Zephyr
Title:  SP 6456 on Amtrak #6 San Francisco Zephyr
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  9/12/1971  Upload Date: 7/27/2023 3:22:44 PM
Location:  Yuba Pass, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6456(FP7A)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
SP 6456 West
Title:  SP 6456 West
Description:  Amtrak No. 5 arrives 16th Street Station
Photo Date:  4/19/1972  Upload Date: 6/17/2006 12:34:06 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 6456(FP7A)
Views:  1019   Comments: 0
SP 6456
Title:  SP 6456
Description:  Despite having already been assigned an Amtrak number (AMTK 119) SP 6456 still looks like it is working for its former owner.
Photo Date:  6/24/1973  Upload Date: 8/5/2022 3:39:05 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 6456(FP7A)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
SP 6456
Title:  SP 6456
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1974  Upload Date: 5/7/2018 5:29:08 PM
Location:  Unknown, CA
Author:  J F Garcia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 6456(FP7A)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
SP FP7A 6457
Title:  SP FP7A 6457
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/27/1973  Upload Date: 6/7/2008 7:41:36 AM
Location:  Glendale, CA
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6457(FP7A)
Views:  1121   Comments: 1
SP 6457
Title:  SP 6457
Description:  While fully letter for Espee SP 6457 is now property of Amtrak and is waiting for another return trip to Los Angeles.
Photo Date:  6/18/1973  Upload Date: 8/5/2022 3:40:19 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 6457(FP7A)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Amtrak Train No. 1
Title:  Amtrak Train No. 1
Description:  Amtrak train No. 1 – the westbound SUNSET LIMITED – was awaiting its 1 a.m. departure from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind Southern Pacific FP7 6457, F7B units 8290 and 8294, and FP7 6459. The 11-car train consisted of baggage car 1102, sleeper 2013 ORIOLE (being used as a dormitory car), high-level coaches 9920, 9943, 9932 and 9900, lounge car 3360, Northern Pacific dining car 463, and sleepers 2351 REGAL INN, 2780 CUMBERLAND COUNTY and Southern 2016 ST. JOHNS RIVER. Notice the missing icicle breaker on the engineer’s side of the 6457.
Photo Date:  10/5/1973  Upload Date: 9/19/2021 6:59:41 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 6457(FP7A)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
Amtrak No. 1
Title:  Amtrak No. 1
Description:  At 1:00 on a Friday afternoon Amtrak's westbound SUNSET LIMITED was leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind a matched quartet of SP units: FP7 6457, F7B's 8290 and 8294, and FP7 6459. The 11-car train consisted of baggage car 1102, dormitory car 2013 ORIOLE, high-level coaches 9920, 9942, 9932 and 9900, counter-lounge 3360, diner NP 463, and sleepers 2351 REGAL INN, 2780 CUMBERLAND COUNTY and SOU 2016 ST. JOHNS RIVER.
Photo Date:  10/5/1973  Upload Date: 1/18/2018 5:50:02 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 6457(FP7A)
Views:  1050   Comments: 0
SP 6457
Title:  SP 6457
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/24/2018 8:24:28 AM
Location:  Albany, OR
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 6457(FP7A)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
SP PA-2 6044
Title:  SP PA-2 6044
Description:  Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  8/1/1962  Upload Date: 9/18/2022 1:14:57 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 6044(PA2) SP 6458(FP7A)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
SP Engineer A.V. Harper
Title:  SP Engineer A.V. Harper
Description:  Southern Pacific engineer A.V. Harper was standing in front of FP7 6458 at the Lafayette, Louisiana depot. Mr. Harper had just brought the last daily SUNSET LIMITED in from New Orleans. The train was made up of the 6458 and 6457, baggage car 6777, automat 10613, and coaches 2242 and 2369. Beginning the next day, the train would only run three times a week, but it would regain a sleeping car and a diner which had been discontinued in early 1966.
Photo Date:  9/30/1970  Upload Date: 10/4/2020 10:11:27 AM
Location:  Lafayette, LA
Author:  JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  SP 6458(FP7A)
Views:  643   Comments: 0
SP No. 1
Title:  SP No. 1
Description:  On its last day of daily operation SP train No. 1, the westbound SUNSET was being serviced during its brief station stop at Lafayette, Louisiana. If the train was on time, it would have been between 3:17 and 3:21 PM. The locomotives were FP7's 6458 and 6457.
Photo Date:  9/30/1970  Upload Date: 4/7/2017 6:05:43 PM
Location:  Lafayette, LA
Author:  James H. Selzer, Jr. photo
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 6458(FP7A)
Views:  1536   Comments: 0
SP 6458 arriving at Houston SP station with most likely Sunset Limited
Title:  SP 6458 arriving at Houston SP station with most likely Sunset Limited
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1972  Upload Date: 3/13/2009 11:41:34 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Michael Spoor
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 6458(FP7A)
Views:  1413   Comments: 1
SP #6458 with Fun Train
Title:  SP #6458 with Fun Train
Description:  Fun Train at Oakland an Amtrak Train bur still all SP Equipment
Photo Date:  3/1/1973  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 8:47:39 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Drew Jacksich
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 6458(FP7A)
Views:  786   Comments: 0
SP FP7A 6458
Title:  SP FP7A 6458
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/1973  Upload Date: 6/7/2008 7:46:30 AM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 6458(FP7A)
Views:  1126   Comments: 1
SP 6458
Title:  SP 6458
Description:  Amtrak will trade-in SP 6458 to EMD in May 1976.
Photo Date:  6/24/1973  Upload Date: 8/5/2022 3:39:37 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 6458(FP7A)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
SP FP7 6458
Title:  SP FP7 6458
Description:  Southern Pacific FP7 6458 on Amtrak's Sunset Limited in El Paso
Photo Date:  3/13/1974  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 8:03:42 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 6458(FP7A)
Views:  777   Comments: 0
California on the tracks
Title:  California on the tracks
Description:  Location and Date Unknown
Photo Date:  6/1/1965  Upload Date: 11/13/2008 10:27:37 PM
Location:  Unknown, CA
Author:  Eric Larson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 6459(FP7A)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
SP 6459 fighting a late season snow squall
Title:  SP 6459 fighting a late season snow squall
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  4/25/1971  Upload Date: 3/12/2023 3:38:02 PM
Location:  Soda Springs, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6459(FP7A)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Truckee Limited
Title:  Truckee Limited
Description:  #6459 with PLAs "Truckee Limited" at Matinez--the last passenger cahrter operated by the SP before Amtrak
Photo Date:  4/25/1971  Upload Date: 4/7/2009 2:03:55 AM
Location:  Martinez, CA
Author:  Drew Jacksich
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6459(FP7A)
Views:  891   Comments: 1
SP 6459 East approaching Stanford curve
Title:  SP 6459 East approaching Stanford curve
Description:  Al Chione set
Photo Date:  6/24/1972  Upload Date: 5/28/2020 12:21:01 AM
Location:  Andover, CA
Author:  Al Chione
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6459(FP7A)
Views:  348   Comments: 1
Train #76
Title:  Train #76
Description:  The Lark at San Jose
Photo Date:  3/1/1967  Upload Date: 2/25/2009 3:14:14 AM
Location:  San Jose, CA
Author:  Drew Jacksich
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 6460(FP7A)
Views:  1109   Comments: 1
FP7 at College Park
Title:  FP7 at College Park
Description:  SP #6462 with Train #151 at College Park
Photo Date:  2/1/1966  Upload Date: 3/9/2009 2:51:17 AM
Location:  San Jose, CA
Author:  Drew Jacksich
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6462(FP7A)
Views:  1368   Comments: 0
Plug 110 At Santa Clara
Title:  Plug 110 At Santa Clara
Description:  FP7 6462 with #110
Photo Date:  4/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/27/2009 1:51:43 AM
Location:  Santa Clara, CA
Author:  Drew Jacksich
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6462(FP7A)
Views:  1118   Comments: 1
SP 6462 at San Jose
Title:  SP 6462 at San Jose
Description:  #6462 being added to Train #98, The Coast Daylight at San Jose. #6462 was originally a Cotton Belt engine and was the only FP7 on the roster without dynamic brakes
Photo Date:  2/1/1971  Upload Date: 3/5/2009 7:24:12 PM
Location:  San Jose, CA
Author:  Drew Jacksich
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 6462(FP7A)
Views:  1795   Comments: 0
BSVR 6540
Title:  BSVR 6540
Description:  Purrs like a kitten
Photo Date:  10/27/2020  Upload Date: 11/11/2020 2:14:39 AM
Location:  Boone, IA
Author:  Ed Zarfoss
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BSVR 6540(FP7A)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
VIA 6550
Title:  VIA 6550
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/1985  Upload Date: 8/20/2010 11:43:34 PM
Location:  calgary, AB
Author:  Henry Frick
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6550(FP7A)
Views:  969   Comments: 0
Via 6550
Title:  Via 6550
Description:  VIA 6550 (ex CP) and an F9B unit head up the Canadian on CN's York Sub in early April 1986. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1986  Upload Date: 5/25/2008 8:13:27 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Don Jaworski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6550(FP7A)
Views:  1127   Comments: 0
VIA 6550 gets some of the road dirt washed off before heading out
Title:  VIA 6550 gets some of the road dirt washed off before heading out
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/1986  Upload Date: 6/18/2022 7:29:54 PM
Location:  Vancouver, BC
Author:  Thom Horvath
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6550(FP7A)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
Last lap
Title:  Last lap
Description:  Train 72 rolls around the curve into Bayview Jct as it moves onto the Oakville Sub for the last 40 miles into Toronto
Photo Date:  6/19/1987  Upload Date: 5/4/2015 4:27:42 AM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6569(FP7A) VIA 6550(FP7A)
Views:  1017   Comments: 0
The Canadian arriving at Broadview
Title:  The Canadian arriving at Broadview
Description:  VIA FP7 6553 pulling in Broadview SK with train 2. The other locomotives are a CP Geep and one of the two ex-CP E8As acquired by VIA and retired in 1982.
Photo Date:  5/5/1981  Upload Date: 1/6/2012 4:16:00 PM
Location:  Broadview, SK
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6553(FP7A)
Views:  889   Comments: 1
Via 6553 departs Lake Louise with VIA #1 the Canadian
Title:  Via 6553 departs Lake Louise with VIA #1 the Canadian
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/28/1983  Upload Date: 10/20/2010 12:33:07 AM
Location:  Lake Louise, BC
Author:  Colin Arnot
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6553(FP7A)
Views:  840   Comments: 0
VIA 6553 & 6785
Title:  VIA 6553 & 6785
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/15/1986  Upload Date: 10/17/2011 8:30:20 PM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6553(FP7A) VIA 6785(FPA4)
Views:  714   Comments: 0
VIA 6553
Title:  VIA 6553
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/15/1986  Upload Date: 10/17/2011 8:30:58 PM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6553(FP7A)
Views:  727   Comments: 0
Via 6553
Title:  Via 6553
Description:  VIA 6553 (ex CP FP-7A) and 6622 (ex CN F-9B) power the Toronto section of the Canadian just east of Sudbury on August 3rd, 1987.
Photo Date:  8/3/1987  Upload Date: 12/31/2007 9:07:18 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Don Jaworski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6553(FP7A)
Views:  953   Comments: 1
Servicing the Super Continental
Title:  Servicing the Super Continental
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/19/1988  Upload Date: 6/30/2021 1:08:36 AM
Location:  Edmonton, AB
Author:  Rick Coles
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6553(FP7A)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
VIA 6553
Title:  VIA 6553
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/7/1988  Upload Date: 10/10/2013 10:03:15 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6553(FP7A)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
VIA 6553 Tr. 84
Title:  VIA 6553 Tr. 84
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/25/2010 12:58:26 PM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6553(FP7A)
Views:  1002   Comments: 1
VIA 6566
Title:  VIA 6566
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1981  Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:08:12 PM
Location:  Golden, BC
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6566(FP7A)
Views:  1022   Comments: 1
VIA 6566
Title:  VIA 6566
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1985  Upload Date: 5/30/2018 7:04:21 PM
Location:  Lytton, BC
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6566(FP7A)
Views:  634   Comments: 1
VIA 6569
Title:  VIA 6569
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/1987  Upload Date: 5/5/2017 9:49:18 AM
Location:  Port Hope, ON
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6569(FP7A)
Views:  388   Comments: 4
EMD & Alco
Title:  EMD & Alco
Description:  183 Sarnia Passenger
Photo Date:  1/14/1988  Upload Date: 6/30/2021 1:10:13 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Rick Coles
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6569(FP7A) VIA 6789(FPA4)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
EMD & Alco
Title:  EMD & Alco
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/14/1988  Upload Date: 6/30/2021 1:12:19 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Rick Coles
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6569(FP7A) VIA 6789(FPA4)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
Niagara Frontier NRHS "farewell to the Fs" trip gave us a last glimpse of the VIA FP7As before they were retired
Title:  Niagara Frontier NRHS "farewell to the Fs" trip gave us a last glimpse of the VIA FP7As before they were retired
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/1988  Upload Date: 6/18/2009 2:30:42 PM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Dave Seitzer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6569(FP7A)
Views:  802   Comments: 0


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