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"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 17, 1976 |
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Here is page 17 of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, PA. Partial Caption: "Two Amtrak SDP-40's lead the [eastbound] National Limited around the curve which will put it in sight of the Horseshoe Curve." Photo by Bill Metzger. Prominent here (L to R) are Amtrak engines #598 and #569. Both are SDP40F's built by GM-EMD. #598 was constructed in June of 1974, while #569 was built in May of 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1976 Upload Date: 1/25/2022 9:08:40 PM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 598(SDP40F) AMTK 569(SDP40F) |
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75 Comments: 0 |
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"Power To Burn," Page 41, 1976 |
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Here is page 41 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Amtrak engne No. 589 is shown as it left the Altoona Station westbound on the evening of July 2, 1976. At one time, 125 arrivals and departures of passenger trains at the Altoona Station were normal. Today, two eastbound and two westbound passenger trains operated by Amrtrak survive." #589 is an SDP40-F built by GM-EMD in June of 1974. Photo taken at the Altoona Station; a portion of the old 12th Street Car Shops is visible at the far right. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1976 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 1:42:31 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 589(SDP40F) |
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202 Comments: 0 |
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AMTK 590, SDP40F, 1976 |
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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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159 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 592, SDP40F, 1976 |
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Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak passenger train in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1976. Shown here is Amtrak engine #592 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. #592 is an SDP40F built by EMD in May of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. They are waiting to pull a passenger train to Pittsburgh and points West. My friend Twyla Jean King is chatting with the fireman. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1976 Upload Date: 6/30/2016 3:30:16 AM |
| Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 592(SDP40F) |
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409 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 592, SDP40F, 1976 |
| Description: |
Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak passenger locomotive in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1976. Shown here is Amtrak engine #592, an SDP40F built by EMD in May of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. Posing by this imposing giant is my friend Twyla Jean King of Middletown, Pennsylvania. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1976 Upload Date: 2/17/2017 1:39:29 AM |
| Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 592(SDP40F) |
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364 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Power To Burn," Page 96, 1976 |
| Description: |
Here is page 96 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Partial Caption: "AMTRAK's National Limited rounds the Horseshoe Curve, eastbound on it daily trip to New York." #589 is an SDP40-F built by GM-EMD in May of 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1976 Upload Date: 3/14/2019 3:51:26 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 593(SDP40F) |
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126 Comments: 1 |
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