RailPictures.Net Photo: AMTK 628 Amtrak EMD SDP40F at Rocklin, California by Steve Schmollinger

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» Amtrak (more..)
» EMD SDP40F (more..)

» Donner Pass
» Rocklin, California, USA (more..)
» January, 1974

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» AMTK 628 (more..)
» AMTK 5 (more..)

» Steve Schmollinger (more..)
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Behind a pair of SDP40Fs, Amtrak No. 5 glides downhill toward whee it will pass under the uphill track. Like SP's FP7s, the SDPs have icicle breakers on their roofs to snap off ice hanging from the roofs of tunnels and snowsheds before it breaks the windows of dome cars.

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