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| Title: |
Amtrak Sunset |
| Description: |
Amtrak's westbound SUNSET sits in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, awaiting its 12:01 P.M. departure. The train has four FP7A's: AMTK 113 (ex-SP 6449) with SP 6459, 6461 and 6448. Amtrak only owned 14 FP7A's, and all were former SP units. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/1973 Upload Date: 8/2/2010 2:48:35 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 113(FP7A) |
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1189 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SDP40F 529 |
| Description: |
SDP40F's weren't regularly used on the PANAMA LIMITED until June 1974, when new units 612-619 were assigned to the train; but at least three units from the original order (500-539) showed up when they were new in 1973. The first was the 514, which came in on 9 July 1973; followed by the 528 on 17 September and the 529 the next day. Here is the 529, along with E8A 205, on 19 Spetember; ready for this afternoon's northbound train to Chicago. Even though the locomotive is less than two months old, almost all of the black paint has peeled off of the pilot and fuel tank. This was a common occurance on units 500-539. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/1973 Upload Date: 2/26/2010 4:22:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 529(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
1140 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Westbound SUNSET |
| Description: |
On the day after Christmas of 1973 the westbound SUNSET begins in 2200-mile trip to California, as it makes its way under the South Claiborne Avenue overpass and out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The train has a classic A-B-B-A set of F-units, all in fresh and matching Amtrak paint. FP7 110, F7B's 163 and 162, and FP7 114 are all former Southern Pacific units, and are no strangers to this run. |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/1973 Upload Date: 6/18/2016 4:20:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 110(FP7A) |
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768 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak F-Units |
| Description: |
A quartet of Amtrak F-units - all in fresh Amtrak paint - were backing into New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, and would soon depart on the westbound SUNSET. The units were FP7 114 (ex-SP 6450), F7B's 162 and 163 (SP 8294 and 8296), and FP7 110 (SP 6446). |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/1973 Upload Date: 9/26/2016 9:04:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 114(FP7A) |
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542 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Panama |
| Description: |
A quartet of E-units were waiting to couple on to an 18-car PANAMA LIMITED at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Notice the carman squatting down between the engines and the train. The locomotives were Amtrak E8A's 203 and 205 (both ex-B&O), Illinois Central Gulf E9A 4034 in Amtrak colors, and Amtrak (ex-UP) E9B 468; while the train was made up of baggage car 1102, sleepers 2012 GULL and 2152 SILVER HYACINTH, dome-sleeper 9211, diner 8026, bar-lounge 3353, coaches 5473, 4509, 4520, 5404 and 5233, lunch counter-diner 8102, and coaches 5457, 4441, 5649, 4467, 6058 and 5452. The purple discoloration next to the 203 came with the slide :) |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1974 Upload Date: 9/3/2017 8:26:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 203(E8A) |
| Views: |
708 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak E-Units |
| Description: |
Amtrak E8A 205 and Illinois Central Gulf E9A 4034 were the two middle units on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1974 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 12:04:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 204(E8A) IC 4034(E9A) ICG 4034(E9A) |
| Views: |
909 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – was waiting to depart New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with Illinois Central Gulf E9A 2040 (ex-Florida East Coast 1035 in Amtrak colors), IC E9B 2100 (ex-E8B 4104) and Amtrak E9A 436 (ex-IC 2021, nee-E8A 4029) with 13 cars: baggage 1021, 6-6-4 sleeper 2153 SILVER IRIS, dome-sleeper 9214, counter-diner-lounge 8342, tavern lounge observation 3344, and coaches 4564, 5246, 5473, 5465, 7002, 4405, 5602 and 4579. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1974 Upload Date: 9/20/2022 2:57:42 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 2040(E9A) |
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226 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Power |
| Description: |
Classic first generation power sat side-by-side outside the engine house at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, facing into the morning sun. The set on the left - for the PANAMA - was made up of Illinois Central E8A's 4027 and 4022, both in Amtrak paint, and Amtrak 436. This locomotive was previously IC 2021 and originally IC 4029, and was the only IC unit purchased by Amtrak. The set on the right - for the SUNSET - consisted of FP7A 114 (ex-SP 6450), F7B 163 (ex-SP 8296), and SP SDP45 3202. |
| Photo Date: |
4/19/1974 Upload Date: 9/27/2016 1:12:42 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4027(E8A) AMTK 114(FP7A) |
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589 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG E-UNITS |
| Description: |
At 3:15 on a Sunday afternoon Illinois Central Gulf E9A 2039, E8B 4105 and E9A 4038 were at the sand tower at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, and in 15 minutes they would back into the station and onto the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. The B-unit was still lettered ILLINOIS CENTRAL, while the cab units were two of at least six ICG E-units painted in Amtrak colors while on lease to the passenger carrier. The 2039 was originally Florida East Coast 1034, and was one of five ex-FEC E9A's (1031-1035) acquired from Precision National Corp. in 1969. These units were IC(G) 2036-2040 and were easily-recognizable by their flat F-unit type number boxes. |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/1974 Upload Date: 6/18/2016 4:52:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
ICG 2039(E9A) |
| Views: |
755 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 436 |
| Description: |
A pair of Amtrak E-units were with ICG 2039 at the NOUPT sand tower. They had just arrived on the PANAMA LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1974 Upload Date: 2/27/2009 10:56:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 436(E8A) AMTK 452(E9B) |
| Views: |
1184 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – was on its way out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, between the South Broad Street Overpass and Jefferson Davis Parkway (now South Norman C. Francis Parkway). No. 58 had E8A 208, E9B 450 and ICG E9A 2040 with 10 cars: baggage car 1062, baggage-dormitory car 1400, sleeper 2702 ST. PETERSBURG, diner 8025, coached 4843 and 5213, lounge 3800, coaches 4437, 5209 and 6058. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/1974 Upload Date: 8/17/2022 9:52:43 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 208(E8A) |
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250 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak PANAMA LIMITED |
| Description: |
Beat-up Illinois Central (actually ICG) E9A 4038, along with Amtrak E9B 450 and E8A 208, raised some dust as they accelerated the northbound PANAMA LIMITED out of New Orleans. The train was at Shrewsbury Road, near East Bridge Junction, and the overpass in the background is Causeway Boulevard. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1974 Upload Date: 6/14/2016 5:08:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4038(E9A) |
| Views: |
636 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SDP40F 647 |
| Description: |
Amtrak SDP40F 647 was parked at the sand tower at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The one-month-old unit had just come in on the PANAMA LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1974 Upload Date: 1/12/2017 8:29:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 647(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
641 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
Amtrak SDP40F unit 557 and 558 were crossing Cold Storage Road in suburban New Orleans with train No. 1, the westbound SUNSET LIMITED. Both of the locomotives had been built in April 1974 and were retired in late 1977 for use as trade-in credit on F40PHR units 235 and 233. |
| Photo Date: |
12/2/1974 Upload Date: 8/17/2022 9:38:11 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 557(SDP40F) |
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163 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Servicing Engines |
| Description: |
On a sunny December afternoon, 6-month-old Amtrak SDP40F 615 and ex-B&O E8A 203 were being fueled and watered after having arrived on the PANAMA LIMITED. On the right is the locker building, where engine crews registered going on and off duty. The next two tracks closer to us were ready tracks, the track in the center is used by trains backing into the station (off to the right) from the wye, while in the foreground is the train inspection pit. The outbound track is on the other side of the locker building. |
| Photo Date: |
12/18/1974 Upload Date: 6/18/2009 3:33:11 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 615(SDP40F) AMTK 203(E8A) |
| Views: |
1098 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
Amtrak SDP40F’s 557 and 552 were nicely-illuminated by the low winter sun as they lead train No. 1 – the westbound SUNSET LIMITED – up the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE. |
| Photo Date: |
1/13/1975 Upload Date: 7/31/2022 11:59:46 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 552(SDP40F) AMTK 557(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
183 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 1 – the westbound SUNSET LIMITED – was photographed from the Palmetto Avenue overpass as it made its way out of New Orleans behind SDP40F units 553 and 569. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1975 Upload Date: 10/26/2021 5:36:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 553(SDP40F) |
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274 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SDP40F 555 |
| Description: |
One-year-old Amtrak SDP40F's 555 - the railroad's first TRIPLE NICKLE - and 556 were on the westbound SUNSET in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These were some of the units with icicle breakers to protect dome cars while on the SAN FRANCISCO ZEPHYR. The 555 would be retired three years later and traded-in on F40PHR 281. Notice the baggage wagon and the REA trailer on the left. |
| Photo Date: |
3/14/1975 Upload Date: 1/12/2017 6:18:36 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 555(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
639 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK P30 706 |
| Description: |
Nearly-new P30CH 706 was leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on the PANAMA LIMITED with SDP40F 616. A P30 had come in on the PANAMA for the first time about three weeks earlier, so these were still a novelty down here! |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/1975 Upload Date: 2/5/2017 9:02:18 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 706(P30CH) |
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382 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 1917 |
| Description: |
Amtrak 1917 was at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on New Year's Day 1976, having just arrived on the PANAMA LIMITED. It was one of six heater cars rebuilt from Amtrak E-units by the Illinois Central Gulf at its Paducah Shops between December 1975 and February 1976. The 1917 was photographed on what may have been its very first run. When new, all of these were regularly used on the PANAMA LIMITED; which still had steam-heated cars but was being powered by new P30CH units (as well as SDP40F's).Originally given 4-digit car numbers 1916-1921, they received 3-digit locomotive numbers 667-671 in July 1977. This was done to address a union complaint that road crews were improperly moving cars within terminals. Inbound trains crews would bring the heater cars out to the engine terminal to be serviced with their road power, and outbound crews would bring them back into the station. Under the union agreement only yard crews could move cars within terminals, and the union said that the 4-digit numbers proved that Amtrak considered these cars; so the railroad solved the problem by giving them 3-digit locomotive numbers! The 1917 was built in October 1955 as Union Pacific E9B 971B, was leased to Amtrak as the 1469 in May 1972, and sold to Amtrak at the 469 in August 1972. Amtrak retired it in 1983 and sold it to Golden Arrow Line Tours. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1976 Upload Date: 2/4/2010 12:28:58 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans - NOUPT, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 1917(Heater Car) |
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1742 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK F40PH 220 |
| Description: |
Brand new F40PH 220 was on the front of the westbound SUNSET LIMITED in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, ahead of SDP40F units 571 and 552. This was the first of at least four brand new F40’s which moved from the EMD plant near Chicago to Los Angeles via the PANAMA LIMITED and the SUNSET. The 220 was serial No. 757099-21, built in April 1976. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1976 Upload Date: 9/24/2021 11:10:38 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 220(F40PH) |
| Views: |
316 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK F40PH 220 |
| Description: |
Brand new F40PH 220 was on the front of the westbound SUNSET LIMITED in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, ahead of SDP40F units 571 and 552. This was the first of at least four brand new F40’s which moved from the EMD plant near Chicago to Los Angeles via the PANAMA LIMITED and the SUNSET. The 220 was serial No. 757099-21, built in April 1976. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1976 Upload Date: 9/24/2021 11:11:18 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 220(F40PH) |
| Views: |
306 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound SUNSET |
| Description: |
In April and May of 1976 Amtrak ferried at least four brand new F40 units from Chicago to Los Angeles via New Orleans on the PANAMA LIMITED and the SUNSET. Here is the 221 on the head-end of the SUNSET, leaving New Orleans with SDP40F units 571 and 552. The train is on the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal WESTERN CONNECTION just past Carrollton Junction. The thoroughfare is U.S. 61, then known as Airline Highway, and the photo was taken from the Palmetto Avenue overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
5/3/1976 Upload Date: 6/14/2016 4:32:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 221(F40PH) |
| Views: |
874 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 402 and AMTK 710 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/25/1976 Upload Date: 1/29/2009 11:25:08 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 402(E9A) AMTK 710(P30CH) |
| Views: |
1185 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak E9A 418 |
| Description: |
Amtrak E9A 418 was leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. It had been built as Union Pacific 913, and was the second-to-last E-unit ever constructed. The unit retained its same Amtrak number for 20 years, and was sold for scrap in June 1981. Notice the OSCITROL light in the nose door. |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1976 Upload Date: 9/27/2017 1:02:12 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 418(E9A) |
| Views: |
720 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SDP40F 539 |
| Description: |
In 1976 Amtrak sent its first order of 40 SDP40F's to EMD and to the ICG at Paducah to be overhauled and repainted, and the units that were done by the ICG were road tested on the PANAMA LIMITED. Here is recently-shopped 539 (EMD 72694-40 ! 7-73 !), the last unit from that order, at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal between runs. |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/1976 Upload Date: 6/18/2016 3:49:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 539(SDP40F) |
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428 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK E8AM 437 |
| Description: |
Amtrak 437 was parked outside of the diesel shop at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The locomotive had been built as Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac E8A 1001 and was renumbered Amtrak 213. Amtrak upgraded it into an E9, but it retained number 213 until it was renumbered 437 to make 213 available for use on a new F40 which was built in April 1976. It was sold for scrap to Precision National Corp. in 1981. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1977 Upload Date: 9/7/2021 2:57:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 437(E9A) |
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270 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Peanut Special |
| Description: |
For the inauguration of Jimmy Carter as president on 20 January 1977, the Carter Campaign Committee chartered an 18-car train to bring supporters from Plains, Georgia to Washington and back. Even though the official trip originated and terminated at Plains, the train was assembled at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and dead-headed to Plains and back via the Louisville & Nashville and Seaboard Coast Line. Here is the train about 20 minutes after leaving NOUPT, stopped at the L&N's Gentilly Yard in eastern New Orleans. The water was being drained out of the locomotives' internal water tanks because of concern about the units' weight and the water sloshing around.The PEANUT SPECIAL consisted of SDP40Fs 582, 595 and 588 with coaches 5404, 5475 and 5442; 11-bedroom sleepers 2252 STAR LEAF, 2263 PLACID LAKE and 2203 SILVER SWAN; 10-6 sleeper 2638 PACIFIC TRAIL, lounge 3409, dining room car 8800, kitchen-dormitory 8801, sleeper-lounge 3205 GULF STREAM, 11-bedroom cars 2201 SILVER QUAIL, 2250 STAR BAY, 2215 INDIAN MAID, 2211 INDIAN DRUM and 2214 INDIAN LAKE; and 10-6 sleepers 2626 PACIFIC PLATEAU and 2618 PACIFIC LODGE. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1977 Upload Date: 3/15/2010 1:48:41 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 582(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
1767 Comments: 3 |
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| 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: |
598 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FIRST H.E.P. PANAMA LIMITED |
| Description: |
The brutally-cold weather in January 1977 took a significant portion of Amtrak's steam-heated equipment out of service with freeze damage, and the carrier responded by cancelling several long-distance trains including the PANAMA LIMITED. After an absence of about two weeks the PANAMA was reinstated as an all-coach Amfleet train, and here is the first example backing into New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The railroad was finally able to add a PACIFIC-series 10-6 sleeper at the end of the year, restoring First Class service to the train. |
| Photo Date: |
1/25/1977 Upload Date: 6/14/2016 4:33:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 226(F40PH) |
| Views: |
544 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtak E8A 293 |
| Description: |
Amtrak E8A 293 was photographed outside the diesel shop at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, still displaying the identity of its previous owner. The locomotive was built in April 1950 as Pennsylvania Railroad 5886A, and was renumbered PRR 4286 in preperation for the Penn Central merger. |
| Photo Date: |
6/10/1977 Upload Date: 2/4/2010 12:19:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 293(E8A) |
| Views: |
804 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 368, 493 and 492 |
| Description: |
Having been displaced by new locomotives, Amtrak E8A 368 (UP 929), FP7 493 (SP 6454) and FP7 492 (SP 6453) were stored at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The 368 was retired at New Orleans in 1981, while the two F-units left the roster in 1980. All three were sold for scrap to Precision National Corp. |
| Photo Date: |
9/25/1977 Upload Date: 9/20/2022 2:59:11 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 368(E8A) |
| Views: |
141 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 498 |
| Description: |
This locomotive was built as Pennsylvania Railroad 5809 and was subsequently renumbered Penn Central 4309 before becoming Amtrak 315. It received a Head End Power generator at Altoona in September 1974 and was renumbered 498 in November 1975, when all of the remaining E-units were put into the 400-series. In 1983 it was traded to Conrail for a pair of SW8's and became CR 4020. When CR was broken up, it was assigned Norfolk Southern 1000; but was sold and regained its original number as Juniata Terminal 5809. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1977 Upload Date: 1/29/2009 11:29:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 498(E8A) |
| Views: |
870 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound SUNSET |
| Description: |
At 2:22 on a Friday afternoon Amtrak’s westbound SUNSET was crossing Bayou Ramos - just east of Morgan City, Louisiana - behind SDP40F’s 617 and 568. This location was once used by the Espee's public relations department to publicize the train when it was newly-streamlined |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1978 Upload Date: 5/23/2009 1:32:01 AM |
| Location: |
Ramos, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 617(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
530 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – was about to pass under Jefferson Davis (now Norman C. Francis) Parkway on New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal track, and this image illustrates what Amtrak trains looked like when all of the equipment was in a matching paint scheme! No. 58 consisted of P30CH 722 and nine cars: baggage car 1214, 10-6 sleeper 2900 PACIFIC BAY, dinette 20225, 60-seat coaches 21883, 21876, 21886 and 21888, cafe 20048 and 84-seat coach 21234. |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1978 Upload Date: 8/17/2022 9:47:54 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 722(P30CH) |
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Amtrak Fuel Tender 400 |
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The piece of equipment was built as Baltimore & Ohio E9 number 34 in 1955, and was subsequently B&O 1454 and Amtrak 400. In the late 1970's, Amtrak gutted the unit and installed the water tanks from four retired SDP40F's, creating a 9300-gallon fuel tender. It was tried on different trains, but wasn't widely used; and is shown here stored at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
9/4/1978 Upload Date: 2/28/2010 10:57:01 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 400(Fuel Tender) |
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3221 Comments: 4 |
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Amtrak E9A 425 |
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Amtrak E9A 425 was sticking out of the diesel shop at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The locomotive had been built as Union Pacific 948 in May 1955, went to Amtrak in 1971 and was sold for scrap in June 1981. |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/1979 Upload Date: 2/4/2017 12:54:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 425(E9A) |
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353 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NB CRESCENT |
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Just 10 days after Amtrak took over operation of the CRESCENT, train 20 was making its station stop at Meridian. The trains cosisted of E8A's 6909, 6913 and 6905 and nine cars: baggage-dormitory car 1406, coaches 817, 5285 and 844, coach-lounge 3850, diner 8382, and 10-6 sleepers 2002 DAN RIVER, 2860 TYE RIVER and 2862 FRENCH BROAD RIVER. Except for the Amtrak baggage-dormitory car and the ex-Southern coach-lounge, the train looks much as it did when it was the SOUTHERN CRESCENT. Cars 5285, 3850, 8382, 2860 and 2862 were lettered SOUTHERN but wore Amtrak numbers, while car 817, 844 and 2002 still had their Southern lettering and numbers. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1979 Upload Date: 10/21/2007 3:39:34 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6909(E8A) SOU 6913(E8A) SOU 6905(E8A) |
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2091 Comments: 4 |
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Amtrak E-Units |
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Amtrak E9A fuel tender 400 (ex-B&O 1454, nee 34) and E8A 368 (ex-438, exx-326, nee UP 929A) were soaking up the Sunday afternoon sun at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. By the time, there wasn't much work for Amtrak's remaining E-units. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1979 Upload Date: 10/13/2017 4:40:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 400(Fuel Tender) AMTK 368(E8A) |
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843 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 411 |
| Description: |
Stored at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal |
| Photo Date: |
3/9/1979 Upload Date: 2/27/2009 11:08:14 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 411(E9A) |
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602 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal |
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Amtrak SDP40F’s 538 and 537 were parked outside the diesel shop at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal along with leased Southern Railway E8A 6912 and Amtrak E9A 422. The 538 and 537 were awaiting their departure later in the day on the westbound SUNSET LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/1979 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 9:36:11 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 538(SDP40F) |
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230 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train 20 |
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At 7:35 on a Wednesday morning F40 258, E9A 420 and E9B 473 were leading the northbound CRESCENT across Lake Pontchartrain on the Southern Railway. This was a typical set of power between the summer of 1979, when Amtrak’s lease on the Southern Railway E8A’s expired, and the conversion of the train to head-end power (HEP) a year later. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1979 Upload Date: 8/28/2018 10:12:24 AM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 258(F40PHR) |
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1386 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak CRESCENT |
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This set of locomotives - F40 258, E9A 420 and E9B 473- on train No. 20 are typical of the power Amtrak used on the CRESCENT until the train received HERITAGE FLEET equipment in early 1981. After that, it typically ran it a pair of F40's. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1979 Upload Date: 7/20/2016 1:22:23 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 258(F40PHR) AMTK 420(E9A) AMTK 473(E9B) |
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1201 Comments: 0 |
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Amtrak Train No. 20 |
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Amtrak train No. 20, the northbound CRESCENT, speeds passed the Southern Railway depot at Nicholson, Mississippi behind F40 units 325 and 281. There are no orders today ! |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/1980 Upload Date: 6/18/2016 4:07:47 PM |
| Location: |
Nicholson, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 325(F40PHR) |
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506 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak E9B 470 |
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Amtrak E9B 470 was stored out of service at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, and it was sold to Precision National Corp. about six months later, along with most of Amtrak's remaining E-units. It had been built in October 1955 as Union Pacific 972B, went to Amtrak in 1971 and was scrapped here at NOUPT in April 1982. |
| Photo Date: |
11/7/1980 Upload Date: 1/12/2017 6:03:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 470(E9B) UP 972B(E9B) |
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684 Comments: 0 |
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AMTK 441 |
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Amtrak 441 was one of about a dozen E-units that were stored at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Within a few months, all but one were sold to Precision National Corp. and scrapped here. The 441 was built as Louisville & Nashville E8A 794 in May 1951 and it still wore the F-unit number boxes which the L&N had added. It was renumbered Amtrak 224, rebuilt to E9 specifications in June 1974, and renumbered 441 in November 1975 to make room for F40's. When photographed here it was one month shy of its 30th birthday. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1981 Upload Date: 10/21/2007 3:22:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 441(E8A) |
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1196 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak E-Units |
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A dozen retired Amtrak E-units were parked at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, waiting to be sold. This auction eliminated almost all of Amtrak's remaining E-units, which were purchased by the Precision National Corp. and then scrapped for their prime movers. On the near track were the 473, 471, 408, 421, 368, 419 (the last E-unit ever built) and 436; while the 426 and 441 were on the left. Other units here included the 411, 422 and 464. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1981 Upload Date: 12/24/2016 1:32:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 473(E9B) |
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523 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Pooches |
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When this photo was taken 15 of Amtrak's 23 P30CH units were at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. A few were in service on the SUNSET, but most were inactive; however, many of these would get a "new lease on life" when Amtrak introduced its version of the AUTO-TRAIN five months later. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/1983 Upload Date: 2/3/2017 6:18:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 707(P30CH) AMTK 720(P30CH) |
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914 Comments: 0 |
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Gulf Coast Limited Inaugural |
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Amtrak's GULF COAST LIMITED inaugural special heads west across the Seaboard System bridge at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi at 12:33 PM, on its way from Mobile to New Orleans. The train consisted of P30CH units 718 and 710, Amfleet cars 21933, 20011, 21161, 21167, 21155, 28021, 21102, 21213, 21247, 28012 and 21150, sleeper 2234 and office car 10000. |
| Photo Date: |
4/28/1984 Upload Date: 7/15/2015 3:39:28 PM |
| Location: |
Bay St. Louis, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 718(P30CH) AMTK 710(P30CH) |
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790 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Gulf Coast Limited Inaugural |
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Amtrak's GULF COAST LIMITED inaugural special heads west on the Seaboard System at Waveland, Mississippi at 12:43 PM, on its way from Mobile to New Orleans. The train consisted of P30CH units 718 and 710, Amfleet cars 21933, 20011, 21161, 21167, 21155, 28021, 21102, 21213, 21247, 28012 and 21150, sleeper 2234 and office car 10000. |
| Photo Date: |
4/28/1984 Upload Date: 7/15/2015 3:40:30 PM |
| Location: |
Waveland, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 718(P30CH) |
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686 Comments: 1 |
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