Amtrak's Sunset Limited and a westbound SP freight pass each other east of Tucson.

A Roger Puta Photograph

Two "Pooches" descend the grade at Horseshoe Curve, pulling a Lancaster Chapter NRHS excursion. Twenty-five of these 143-ton cowl-units were built for Amtrak, 1975-76; none survive.

Amtrak's Blackhawk waits to load passengers and depart Dubuque for Chicago at the former Illinois Central depot.

The First Pooch! A Roger Puta photograph

Inbound power from train number 1 sits on a service track at Redondo Jct

Service on an Amtrak train with Ge P30CH 722

A trio of Pooches wait to depart Lorton.

A westbound empty hopper train waits for the signal to enter the yard as eastbound Amtrak No. 704, the "Blue Ridge" passes Mexico Tower in Cumberland, MD on March 21, 1976 with P30CH No. 714.

Southbound Auto Train departs Lorton.

The Sunset Ltd is making a station stop at Coolidge, AZ. This was one of the last times I saw a P30CH (pooch!).

Train 18, the North Coast Hiawatha leaves Seattle behind rare West Coast visitors, GE P30CH locomotives with a pair of SDP40Fs in tow. During this time Amtrak has experienced suspicious derailment... (more)

Amtrak P30CH No. 700 leads a quartet of P30CHs on southbound No. 53, the Auto Train, as it crosses RF&P's new single track bridge over Quantico Creek in Quantico, VA on July 29, 1989.