A lonely survivor prepares for a comeback. The F40 was the perfect passenger train workhorse, and for years these were a staple on the local jaunts as well as heading up notable long haul journe... (more)
Power Up 307! The site of so many many great restorations, the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina has recently announced yet another. Former Amtrak 307 (F40PH, EMD, 5/197... (more)
The Future of Amtrak Amtrak 1058, the City of New Orleans with a slightly altered schedule pulls out of Union Station to wye at Canal St. Leading is a duo of Siemens ALC-42 long-distance d... (more)
Amtrak’s Southbound "The City Of New Orleans" Train #59 passes through Wakeland, MS., with AMTK ALC-42 #307 on the point
Amtrak’s Southbound "The City Of New Orleans" Train #59 passes through Glendora, MS., with AMTK ALC-42 #307 on the point
Amtrak’s Northbound "The City Of New Orleans" Train #58 passes through Egypt, MS., with AMTK ALC-42 #307 on the point
Photo by Gary W. Zeitler, from my collection.
Amtrak #303, Ann Rutledge, passes under the semaphores at Joliet. Tom Golden photo.
Amtrak 307 side by side with NW 611... If only photo conditions were much more ideal.
On its way downstate, Amtrak's Chicago-Carbondale Shawnee pauses at Homewood station on a fall morning to pick up suburban riders. The standard F40PH is in charge.
She's seen better days, but sister units have seen much worse. The NCTM is more than capable of fixing her up one day.
Hopefully one day this F40 will come alive once again, but for now it is saved as part of the collection at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
A rather tattered and sad looking F40PH sits in Spencer at the North Carolina Transportation Museum
Station stop - Altoona.
The Amtrak is Milwaukee bound. The RTA commuter is inbound probably from the ex-Milwaukee Road coach yard. Both trains are on ex-Milwaukee Road track crossing the ex-CNW West Line.
