The #900 undergoing numerous tests at the FRA Transportation Test Center. The FRA published a rather extensive report detailing the results of these tests which can be found Railroad:Amtrak Locomotive:ASEA AEM-7 Location:Pueblo, Colorado, USA Locomotive #:AMTK 900 Train ID:Test Photo Date: May 07, 1981
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)