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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
5/19/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Amtrak
Model:EMD E9BBuilt As:UP 972B (E9B)
Serial Number:20512Order No:2072
Frame Number:2072-B6Built:10/1955
Notes:ex-UP 972B
Other locos with this serial:  AMTK 470(E9B) UP 972B(E9B)
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AMTK 590, SDP40F, 1976
Title:  AMTK 590, SDP40F, 1976
Description:  AHC. Here is an original photo by Larry Moss that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 11 October 1976. Prominent here are AMTK engines #590 and #470-B. Both were built by GM-EMD. #590 is an SDP40F constructed in May of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. #470 is an E-9B built originally for the Union Pacific Railroad in October of 1955 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. They're rounding the Curve with a passenger train on its way down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. This photo was taken during the time when Track 2 was being removed, hence the presence of the maintenance-of-way equipment parked there.
Photo Date:  10/11/1976  Upload Date: 3/8/2021 10:17:52 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 590(SDP40F) AMTK 470(E9B)
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