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Amtrek E8A #436
Title:  Amtrek E8A #436
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency
Photo Date:  5/26/1975  Upload Date: 5/21/2006 7:54:27 AM
Location:  Homewood, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 436(E8A)
Views:  636   Comments: 4
Amtrak 436
Title:  Amtrak 436
Description:  EMD E-8A at Homewood IL. Photographer: J. Claflin.
Photo Date:  7/27/1975  Upload Date: 2/18/2020 2:29:13 PM
Location:  Homewood, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 436(E8A)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
AMTK 436 (ex-ICG 2021)
Title:  AMTK 436 (ex-ICG 2021)
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/1976  Upload Date: 4/25/2010 10:14:08 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 436(E8A)
Views:  451   Comments: 2
Stored Power
Title:  Stored Power
Description:  By the time this photo was taken Amtrak had retired most of its E and F units, and stored many of its remaining older locomotives. Here are six of the surviving older engines stored at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal coach yard: E8Am 436, E9A 419, FP7A's 493 and 492, and E8A's 368 and 353. The 436 was built in May 1952 as Illinois Central 4029, and was upgraded by the IC into E10 2021 in February 1969. Amtrak bought it in February 1973, and it was the only IC unit purchased by Amtrak. The 419 was built in December 1963 as Union Pacific 419, and it had the distinction of being the last E-unit ever constructed. Both of these units were scrapped at NOUPT by Precision National Corp. in 1982.

The 493 and 492 were two of 14 FP7's acquired from the Southern Pacific, and the last two in existence. Originally SP 6454 and 6453, they became Amtrak 117 and 116 in July 1972, were renumbered 377 and 376 in April 1976, and renumbered to 493 and 492 in July 1977. Both were retired in May 1980 and sold to Precision National Corp. for scrap. E8A 368 was built in August 1950 as UP 929. It was subsequently Amtrak 326, 438, 368 and 469 before being retired in June 1981 and sold to PNC. E8A 353 was built in October 1953 as Baltimore & Ohio 26A and was renumbered B&O 1447 in 1957. It wore Amtrak numbers 203, 353 and 467 before being retired.
Photo Date:  11/11/1977  Upload Date: 2/4/2010 9:37:00 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 436(E8A) AMTK 419(E9A)
Views:  1717   Comments: 3
Northbound Amtrak Train No. 63, the "Niagara Rainbow" with EMD E8A No. 436 in the lead
Title:  Northbound Amtrak Train No. 63, the "Niagara Rainbow" with EMD E8A No. 436 in the lead
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1978  Upload Date: 10/9/2006 6:46:08 AM
Location:  Poughkeepsie, NY
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 436(E8A)
Views:  855   Comments: 3
Amt 636 and 436
Title:  Amt 636 and 436
Description:  Amtrak 636 a SDP40F in Phase I Paint leading Amtk 436 a E8AR at Ivy City Engine House during the Summer of 1979
Photo Date:  7/1/1979  Upload Date: 3/13/2006 12:01:55 AM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  Bill Moye
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 636(SDP40F) AMTK 436(E8A)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
AMTK 636 and 436
Title:  AMTK 636 and 436
Description:  Amtrak 636 all SDP40F in Phase I Paint mued to Amtk 436 a E8AR at Ivy City Engine House during the Summer of 1979
Photo Date:  7/1/1979  Upload Date: 3/13/2006 12:01:55 AM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  Bill Moye
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 636(SDP40F) AMTK 436(E8A)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
Amtrak 437
Title:  Amtrak 437
Description:  EMD E-8A at Chicago, IL Photographer: James Claflin.
Photo Date:  3/28/1976  Upload Date: 2/21/2020 4:13:23 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 437(E8A)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
AMTK 427
Title:  AMTK 427
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/1977  Upload Date: 3/2/2024 12:47:19 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 427(E9A) AMTK 470(E9B) AMTK 437(E8A)
Views:  47   Comments: 2
AMTK 427
Title:  AMTK 427
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/1977  Upload Date: 2/28/2024 9:54:18 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 427(E9A) AMTK 470(E9B) AMTK 437(E8A) CR 7854(GP38)
Views:  70   Comments: 2
AMTK 438
Title:  AMTK 438
Description:  AMTK 438
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 6/29/2007 1:22:59 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 438(E8A)
Views:  604   Comments: 1
AMTK 438
Title:  AMTK 438
Description:  AMTK 438
Photo Date:  5/6/1977  Upload Date: 6/29/2007 1:24:44 PM
Location:  South Bend, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 438(E8A)
Views:  629   Comments: 0
Amtrak 438
Title:  Amtrak 438
Description:  EMD E-8A at Chicago, IL Photographer: James Claflin.
Photo Date:  5/9/1977  Upload Date: 2/21/2020 4:14:10 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 438(E8A)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Amtrak E-8A 438
Title:  Amtrak E-8A 438
Description:  Amtrak E-8A 438 rests in the first row of Amtrak E-units outside a busy Harrisburg shops servicing Conrail and Amtrak units in July, 1977. The former UP 929A was built in August, 1950.
Photo Date:  7/9/1977  Upload Date: 4/19/2015 3:35:54 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 438(E8A)
Views:  317   Comments: 0
Amtrak E-8A 438 and E-9A 420
Title:  Amtrak E-8A 438 and E-9A 420
Description:  Amtrak E-8A 438 and E-9A 420 rest in the first row of Amtrak E-units outside a busy Harrisburg shops servicing Conrail and Amtrak units in July, 1977.
Photo Date:  7/9/1977  Upload Date: 4/19/2015 3:38:08 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 438(E8A) AMTK 420(E9A)
Views:  453   Comments: 0
Amtrak train #30 the EB "National Limited" with #440 & 438:2 leading has backed into St Louis Union Station. After this it will continue, making stops, towards Harrisburg PA for a split and new electric power (GG1's).
Title:  Amtrak train #30 the EB "National Limited" with #440 & 438:2 leading has backed into St Louis Union Station. After this it will continue, making stops, towards Harrisburg PA for a split and new electric power (GG1's).
Description:  AMTK 440, 438:2. Note: Both units are ex RF&P.
Photo Date:  2/7/1978  Upload Date: 10/3/2021 11:03:47 AM
Location:  St Louis, MO
Author:  Steven Vincent
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 440(E8A) AMTK 438(E8A)
Views:  237   Comments: 1
AMT 282
Title:  AMT 282
Description:  Westbound on CR
Photo Date:  5/20/1978  Upload Date: 12/23/2011 8:45:38 PM
Location:  Massillon, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 282(F40PHR) AMTK 438(E8A)
Views:  690   Comments: 3
Es into the night
Title:  Es into the night
Description:  I rode the Broadway to Chicago in 1978. At the time, it was still on its traditional route from New York to Harrisburg via Zoo Tower in Philly, changing engines at Harrisburg. We had just completed the engine change, the Es now coupled up in place of GG 1 4932 which had brought the train in from New York. Now it was off into the Allegheny darkness as we tackled Horseshoe Curve and the moutain railroad that the ex Pennsy still was. We rounded Horseshoe around 2330, and got into Pitt around 0330. I was amazed at how much traffic there was on that line, everything from coal-lots of it-to general freight, to intermodal. Even in the chaos of Conrail start up, it was an amazing piece of railroading.
Photo Date:  8/14/1978  Upload Date: 12/9/2016 4:19:57 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 438(E8A)
Views:  389   Comments: 1
AMTK 438
Title:  AMTK 438
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/13/1979  Upload Date: 4/6/2020 8:00:00 PM
Location:  Boston South Station, MA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 438(E8A) AMTK 407(E9A)
Views:  238   Comments: 2
Amtrak 438
Title:  Amtrak 438
Description:  Amtrak 438 dead line
Photo Date:  12/20/1980  Upload Date: 5/30/2010 6:56:11 PM
Location:  Brighton Park (subdivision), IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 438(E8A)
Views:  538   Comments: 1
AMTK 439
Title:  AMTK 439
Description:  This eastward view is from the B&O bridge over the NYC at the end of West Ave. at Milepost 374. The two tracks on the right lead to Pfaudler and the PRR interchange, but one has been cleverly pulled since tracks K-52-2 and K-52-3 are no longer in service. The RG&E plant on the left, the two bridges in the background, and the tracks to Pfaudler/PRR are all gone today. The old General Railway Signal complex is to the extreme right. Even the milepost has been replaced since this May 1976 photo.
Photo Date:  5/1/1976  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 3:30:16 PM
Location:  Rochester, NY
Author:  Christopher Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  1002   Comments: 1
Amtrak Train Number 73.
Title:  Amtrak Train Number 73.
Description:  Amtrak #73 makes an "s" stop at Poughkeepsie. This version of Amtrak's paint scheme was, in my opinion, among one of its finest (Blue and Silver Mist and pointless arrow). Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/15/1976  Upload Date: 7/24/2012 4:08:51 PM
Location:  Poughkeepsie, NY
Author:  K Hudson
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
 Amtrak 439
Title:  Amtrak 439
Description:  EMD E-8A at Chicago, IL Photographer: James Claflin.
Photo Date:  5/9/1977  Upload Date: 2/25/2020 3:17:32 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Westbound "National Limited"
Title:  Westbound "National Limited"
Description:  E8 #439 and a B unit easily handle train #31, the westbound "National Limited" at the Terre Haute depot. Photo date approximate.
Photo Date:  8/31/1977  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 3:48:42 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  754   Comments: 1
Amtrak E8A # 439 waiting on MP shop work.
Title:  Amtrak E8A # 439 waiting on MP shop work.
Description:  AMTK 439
Photo Date:  2/7/1978  Upload Date: 1/12/2022 3:43:15 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Steven Vincent
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
AMTK E8 439
Title:  AMTK E8 439
Description:  Amtrak E8 439 near 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Also seen is F40PHR 291 on the left, and Conrail GP9 7301 on the right. The bridge in the background was the IC -ICG Saint Charles Air Line.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 3/20/2015 12:47:29 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A) AMTK 291(F40PHR) CR 7301(GP9)
Views:  623   Comments: 1
AMTK 439
Title:  AMTK 439
Description:  AMTK 439 pauses eastbound with the National Limited for a station stop
Photo Date:  8/6/1978  Upload Date: 12/28/2017 8:10:27 PM
Location:  Effingham, IL
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
AMTK 439
Title:  AMTK 439
Description:  AMTK 439 leads the eastbound National Limited on a muggy afternoon. This may be the fastest train I've ever seen
Photo Date:  8/6/1978  Upload Date: 12/28/2017 8:11:40 PM
Location:  Jewett, IL
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
AMTK 439
Title:  AMTK 439
Description:  AMTK 439 leads the eastbound National Limited on a muggy afternoon. This may be the fastest train I've ever seen
Photo Date:  8/6/1978  Upload Date: 12/28/2017 8:12:07 PM
Location:  Jewett, IL
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  257   Comments: 1
AMTK 439
Title:  AMTK 439
Description:  AMTK 439 leads the eastbound National Limited on a muggy afternoon. This may be the fastest train I've ever seen
Photo Date:  8/6/1978  Upload Date: 12/28/2017 8:12:21 PM
Location:  Jewett, IL
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
CR GP9 7301
Title:  CR GP9 7301
Description:  Conrail GP9 7301 at about 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The bridge in the background was the IC/ICG Saint Charles Air Line.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/5/2013 9:17:44 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 7301(GP9) CR 5909(GP7) AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  600   Comments: 1
Amtrak 439
Title:  Amtrak 439
Description:  EMD E-8A at Harrisburg PA
Photo Date:  4/29/1979  Upload Date: 2/21/2020 4:15:25 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Amtrak E8 439
Title:  Amtrak E8 439
Description:  Amtrak E8 439 at 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 439 was built in February 1952 as RF&P E8 1007 (c/n 15712) on EMD Order 2050, became Amtrak 216 (1st), then 439. The bridge in the background is the ICG's Saint Charles Air Line.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 12/17/2010 6:52:18 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  1351   Comments: 1
AMTK E9A 439
Title:  AMTK E9A 439
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/7/1980  Upload Date: 8/10/2010 9:55:10 PM
Location:  Fort Wayne, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  751   Comments: 1
AMTK 463 and 439
Title:  AMTK 463 and 439
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/7/1980  Upload Date: 4/24/2009 11:56:17 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A) AMTK 463(E8A)
Views:  513   Comments: 0
AMTK E8 439
Title:  AMTK E8 439
Description:  Amtrak E8 439 without a pilot and an unidentified E unit with icicle breakers at about 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in March 1981, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. According to the book, Amtrak By The Numbers, number 439 was built in February 1952 (c/n 15712) as RF&P E8 1007, became AMTK 216, was rebuilt in April 1974 to E8A-R 439 and officially retired in July 1981, although it looks retired here. The locomotives were parked on leads to Dearborn Street Station, closed in 1971. Santa Fe's Super Chief and other passenger trains once used these rails. The rails rising in the background were the IC (ICG on this photo date) rails ascending to meet the ICG's Saint Charles Air Line on the bridge in the background. I don't know the purpose of the tower building seen on the right.
Photo Date:  3/1/1981  Upload Date: 3/13/2015 11:53:49 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 439(E8A)
Views:  411   Comments: 1
AMTK 440
Title:  AMTK 440
Description:  AMTK 440
Photo Date:  3/13/1976  Upload Date: 7/3/2007 12:30:20 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 440(E8A)
Views:  627   Comments: 1
AMTK 440
Title:  AMTK 440
Description:  AMTK 440, a rebuilt E8A, moves slowly across the diamond with a southbound train.
Photo Date:  8/24/1976  Upload Date: 5/4/2020 2:25:08 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 440(E8A)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
AMTK 440
Title:  AMTK 440
Description:  AMTK 440 makes its way through traffic as it heads out of Chicago Union Station.
Photo Date:  8/25/1976  Upload Date: 5/4/2020 2:25:38 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 440(E8A)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
AMTK 440
Title:  AMTK 440
Description:  Top view of AMTK 440...note the interesting lettering under the cab window.
Photo Date:  8/25/1976  Upload Date: 5/4/2020 2:25:54 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 440(E8A)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
AMTK 440
Title:  AMTK 440
Description:  AMTK 440
Photo Date:  10/23/1976  Upload Date: 6/29/2007 1:27:26 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 440(E8A)
Views:  772   Comments: 1
AMTK 440
Title:  AMTK 440
Description:  This unit was originally RF&P 1012, and then Amtrak 220.
Photo Date:  1/25/1977  Upload Date: 2/27/2009 11:03:34 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 440(E8A)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
Amtrak 440 (ex-RF&P), 470 (ex-Milw), 452 (ex-Milw), and  418 (ex-UP)
Title:  Amtrak 440 (ex-RF&P), 470 (ex-Milw), 452 (ex-Milw), and 418 (ex-UP)
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/1977  Upload Date: 4/25/2010 10:14:12 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 440(E8A) AMTK 470(E9B) AMTK 452(E9B) AMTK 418(E9A)
Views:  1556   Comments: 0
AMTK 592 and 440 at the Engine House
Title:  AMTK 592 and 440 at the Engine House
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2010 7:35:39 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 592(SDP40F) AMTK 440(E8A)
Views:  475   Comments: 1
SDP40Fs and Es at the Engine House
Title:  SDP40Fs and Es at the Engine House
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/1977  Upload Date: 5/11/2010 8:06:01 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 594(SDP40F) AMTK 592(SDP40F) AMTK 440(E8A) AMTK 470(E9B) AMTK 452(E9B) AMTK 418(E9A)
Views:  1117   Comments: 1
Amtrak w/b Broadway led by E8A #440
Title:  Amtrak w/b Broadway led by E8A #440
Description:  Conrail banned SDP40Fs. Viewed from 18th St.
Photo Date:  7/13/1977  Upload Date: 11/29/2020 2:42:46 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 440(E8A)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Amtrak EMD E-8AU 441
Title:  Amtrak EMD E-8AU 441
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1974  Upload Date: 8/4/2008 2:09:04 AM
Location:  Breakneck Ridge, NY
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 441(E8A)
Views:  796   Comments: 0
Amtrak EMD E-8AU 441
Title:  Amtrak EMD E-8AU 441
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/1975  Upload Date: 5/26/2008 9:31:35 AM
Location:  Cold Spring, NY
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 441(E8A)
Views:  751   Comments: 0
AMTK 441
Title:  AMTK 441
Description:  Southbound along the Hudson.
Photo Date:  1/15/1976  Upload Date: 11/14/2009 8:13:31 AM
Location:  Oscawana, NY
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 441(E8A)
Views:  338   Comments: 1
AMTK E8A 441 (RF)
Title:  AMTK E8A 441 (RF)
Description:  Northbound train # 75, the Salt City Express passes under a signal bridge 35 miles from Grand Central.
Photo Date:  8/24/1976  Upload Date: 6/10/2007 7:38:04 AM
Location:  Oscawana, NY
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 441(E8A)
Views:  443   Comments: 1


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