Amtrak's Soutwest LTD with SDP40F 525 takes rest at Raton for refueling and other services
Before #30 was the Capital Limited, it was the National Limited - a Kansas City to New York train. Here it is heading downhill toward Altoona.
A pair of SDP40Fs wait for the Lake Shore Limited to arrive from GCT.
Amtrak SDP40F 500, pulling train 35, the westbound "Desert Wind," makes a station stop in Barstow, California, on June 24, 1981.
Amtrak's "Texas Chief" arriving at Joliet. Semaphores were still abundant here in 1974.
Amtrak's "Texas Chief" arriving at Joliet. Note piggyback trailers from the IC and L&N at lower right.
Amtrak 608 leading its train eastbound at Roanoke, VA
Amtrak train #11, the Coast Starlight, passes through the pastures of Cal Poly University (which has an extensive agricultural program) in San Luis Obispo, California, on July 2, 1974. SDP... (more)
These 2 Amtrak Veterans are finally side by side again, they may not be in their orignal colors but it's still pretty cool to see them together again.
With #629 in the lead, Amtrak Train #5 glides thru Emigrant Gap in February of 1978
Amtrak's Southwest Ltd somewhere on the Raton pass
This SDP was not your father's E unit. EMD was making a clean break from the original art deco inspired cab unit shape. This was to be the new cab unit shape that would last 25 years in the SDP40F... (more)
Two Amtrak SDP40 diesels in Phase 3 paint scheme round the curve at Chester with the northbound Silver Star.
