The slide notes this unit was one of the units powering the Barnum & Bailey Circus train that year. An original Agfachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.
A southbound Amtrak train lead by AEM7 936 crosses the Gunpowder River at Chase, Maryland. In just over eight months, this quiet location would become nationally known thanks to a pothead named Ri... (more)
With the 1980s version of the Seattle skyline in the background, Amtrak's Pioneer gets underway out of King Street Station, bound for Salt Lake City and a Chicago connection.