The nb Floridian entered Montgomery on SCL's former ACL from Waycross and will soon head for B'ham, Nashville and points north via the L&N. With Amtrak in the station, ICG's daily train from Art... (more)
The Desert WindAmtrak train #36, led by SDP40F 526 and F40PH 221, passes through Mormon Rocks in southern California's Cajon Pass on March 27th, 1981. This is the eastbound <... (more)
The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak SDP40F AMTK 518 and AMTK 517, is rolling westbound towards Bakersfield through Cable. I am taking this photo from ... (more)
The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak SDP40F AMTK 518 and AMTK 517, is rolling westbound towards Bakersfield through Cable. Railfans occupying vestibul... (more)
The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak SDP40F AMTK 518 and AMTK 517, is rolling westbound towards Bakersfield as it approaches tunnel 1 on Tehachapi Pass... (more)
The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak SDP40F AMTK 518 and AMK 517, is rolling westbound around the Caliente Curve towards Bakersfield. I rode the entir... (more)
A trio of SDPs takes the Floridian out of town and toward Birmingham and points north. It was still a big train in those days, but nightmarish problems north of Louisville would eventually kill r... (more)
Westbound Amtrak Engine #535 meets Eastbound UP 6923 at a siding outside of San Bernardino on the line towards Cajon Pass in May of 1979.
The humidity is near 100% on a hot early summer day as a Florida-bound Amtrak train crosses Quantico Creek behind a pair of SDP40Fs.
With Hurricane Eloise having short-circuited electric operations, Amtrak resorted to using diesels on its long-distance trains through Harrisburg on the weekend of September 27-28. This is the &q... (more)
Still wearing Maersk paint, this SDP40F sits as part of the museum collection in Ogden, UT.
What may be the only SDP40F preserved is on display at Ogden, UT. the locomotive was originally Amtrak 644.
A coal train cools its heels as the Floridian pulls away from Union Station.
Westbound Santa Fe train approaching Siberia led by exAmtrak SDP40F redesignated SDF40 by Santa Fe
Freshly painted Santa Fe exAmtrak SDP40F redesignated by Santa Fe as an SDF40 sits at Santa Fe's Hobart diesel facility ready for work.
