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Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. The Station is visible in the foreground, next over is the Main Post Office Building, the corner of 8th Avenue & West 31st Street is at the left, and the Hudson River is visible in the mid-distance. Not visible are the PRR's tunnels under the Hudson!
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:52:42 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  218   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. The Station is visible in the foreground, next over is the Main Post Office Building, and West 31st Street is visible at the left.
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:51:31 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  241   Comments: 2
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. Shown here is another view from along 31st Street. The corner of 31st Street and 7th Avenue is at the right. Lots of "Sidewalk Superintendents" on duty today!
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:27:26 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  157   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. This displaced PRR Eagle seems to be saying, "There's something dreadfully wrong going on here!"
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:15:18 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  143   Comments: 1
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. Shown here is a view from the corner of 7th Avenue & 31st Street.
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:10:05 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  171   Comments: 2
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. Shown here is the Station's Main Entrance at 7th Avenue and 32nd Street. Note the sign heralding a "Redeveloped Pennsylvania Station"!
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:11:31 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  123   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. Shown here is a view from the corner of 7th Avenue & 33rd Street.
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:13:51 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  142   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. Shown here is a view from along 33rd Street.
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:38:56 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  125   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. Shown here is another view from along 33rd Street.
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:40:20 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. These walls were built to last centuries, not just five decades!
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:34:43 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  100   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. The tales these columns could tell. . . .
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:41:43 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  100   Comments: 1
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. Shown here is Penn Station's Main Concourse: once peopled by thousands, soon to be a distant memory.
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:47:57 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  148   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. Shown here is Penn Station's Concourse Skylight . . . farewell!
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:50:10 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  90   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. Shown here is the 8th Avenue side. The corner of 8th Avenue & 33rd Street is at the left. The Empire State Building is visible in the background.
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:23:32 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  137   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. Shown here is another view from along 8th Avenue. Note the relative lack of sidewalk safety precautions.
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:24:45 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
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Views:  126   Comments: 1
Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Title:  Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:  Demolition. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, during its demolition. Photo taken on Friday, 13 August 1965. Shown here is a view from along 31st Street. The top of the Empire State Building is visible in the background.
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 1:26:06 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  125   Comments: 2
"New Penn Station," Front Cover, 1965
Title:  "New Penn Station," Front Cover, 1965
Description:  Here is the front cover of a two-page cover article (in three frames) entitled "New Penn Station Rises With The Old." It was published originally in the 1 November 1965 issue of "The Pennsy." The Sign Says: Sorry, but ... close it we must to build your new station."
Photo Date:  11/1/1965  Upload Date: 9/29/2023 1:32:43 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  21   Comments: 0
PRR "Pennsylvania 4879," c. 1966
Title:  PRR "Pennsylvania 4879," c. 1966
Description:  Here is a postal card that could be entitled "Pennsylvania 4879." No Postmark. Partial Caption On Reverse: "Electric locomotive number 4879, s GG-1, at the headend of a crack passenger train ready to depart Pennsylvania Station, New York." Photo Credit: William J. Brennan. PRR engine #4879 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during February of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. Partially visible above the tracks and catenary is New York City's Main Post Office; in the right distance is the top of the Empire State Building.
Photo Date:  11/14/1966  Upload Date: 9/29/2023 9:40:18 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
PRR 4909, GG-1, c. 1967
Title:  PRR 4909, GG-1, c. 1967
Description:  Electric Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide that was taken just to the West of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, c. 1967. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4909, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built vn Juniata during December of 1941 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. Partially visible at the bottom of the photo is New Haven Railroad engine #373, an EP-5 built by General Electric in 1954. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/15/1967  Upload Date: 9/29/2018 3:10:25 AM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4909(GG1) NH 373(EP-5)
Views:  663   Comments: 0
"Railroad" Magazine, July 1968
Title:  "Railroad" Magazine, July 1968
Description:  Here is a photo that was published originally in the July 1968 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 13. Partial Caption: "Two of the fourteen granite eagles which used to grace New York's Pennsylvania Station, now gone, have come home to roost.... Here, one of the eagles brought back to Seventh Ave., New York, winks appreciatively at Reina Buam, who inspects this stark new pedestal in front of the sports arena and office building which replaces Penn Station." The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:  7/1/1968  Upload Date: 10/30/2019 8:04:13 AM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  39   Comments: 0
"K4 vs. J-1 In 1931," Page 41, 1968
Title:  "K4 vs. J-1 In 1931," Page 41, 1968
Description:  Here is page one of a six-page article by Howard G. Hill entitled "K4 vs. J-1 In 1931: The View From The Cab." It was published originally in the October 1968 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 41.
Photo Date:  10/1/1968  Upload Date: 4/10/2022 2:05:50 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  InCab,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  101   Comments: 0
"K4 vs. J-1 In 1931," Page 41, 1968
Title:  "K4 vs. J-1 In 1931," Page 41, 1968
Description:  Here is page one of a six-page article by Howard G. Hill entitled "K4 vs. J-1 In 1931: The View From The Cab." It was published originally in the October 1968 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 41.
Photo Date:  10/1/1968  Upload Date: 12/25/2024 7:59:15 AM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  InCab,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  12   Comments: 0
Silver Meteor Pocket Time Table (front)
Title:  Silver Meteor Pocket Time Table (front)
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/27/1969  Upload Date: 2/21/2016 3:33:25 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
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Views:  104   Comments: 0
Silver Meteor Pocket Time Table (back)
Title:  Silver Meteor Pocket Time Table (back)
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/27/1969  Upload Date: 2/21/2016 3:33:30 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
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Views:  96   Comments: 0
"The Enduring GG1," Page 53, 1975
Title:  "The Enduring GG1," Page 53, 1975
Description:  Here is page two of a ten-page article by Alan B. Chesley & Tony Koester entitled "The Enduring GG1." It was published originally in the December 1975 issue of "Railroad Model Craftsman" magazine, page 53. Depicted in the top photo by Don Ball, Jr., is Penn Central engine #4930, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata as Pennsylvania Railroad number "4930" during February of 1943 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  12/1/1975  Upload Date: 11/2/2023 3:01:10 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Bridge,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PC 4930(GG1)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Turbo
Title:  Turbo
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 4:34:00 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK Turbo(Turboliner)
Views:  1051   Comments: 0
NJT 1335
Title:  NJT 1335
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/7/1977  Upload Date: 3/4/2013 4:33:11 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 1335(Arrow III MU) AMTK 913(GG1)
Views:  638   Comments: 0
Pennsy lives
Title:  Pennsy lives
Description:  This keystone on the nose of NJ DOT 4883 lasted into the early 80s, as did the stripe, making it one of the last G's to have any vestige of its PRR days to haul passengers.
Photo Date:  6/8/1979  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 2:12:22 AM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  NJT 4883(GG1)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
AMTK GG1 4911
Title:  AMTK GG1 4911
Description:  Amtrak GG1 4911 at Penn Station in New York City on an unknown day in June 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/1/1980  Upload Date: 5/14/2014 1:00:43 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 4911(GG1)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
AMTK GG1 4915
Title:  AMTK GG1 4915
Description:  Amtrak GG1 4915 in New York City on an unknown day in June 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/1/1980  Upload Date: 5/14/2014 12:38:14 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 4915(GG1)
Views:  608   Comments: 2
AMTK GG! 4935
Title:  AMTK GG! 4935
Description:  A bunch of wire and Amtrak GG1 4935 at Penn Station in New York City on an unknown day in June 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/1/1980  Upload Date: 5/14/2014 11:38:10 AM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 4935(GG1)
Views:  1420   Comments: 0
Amtrak AEM7 901
Title:  Amtrak AEM7 901
Description:  Amtrak AEM7 901 on the throat to Penn Station in New York City, New York on an unknown day in June 1980, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/13/2012 12:46:19 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 901(AEM7)
Views:  957   Comments: 2
Ready to go
Title:  Ready to go
Description:  NJ Transit GG 1 4883 is ready to head a shore train to South Amboy and a trade off with E 8s. It seems to have lost the PRR keystone it had below the headlight, but retains the single stripe, which it would have to retirement two years later.
Photo Date:  4/20/1981  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 3:40:57 AM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4883(GG1)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
Hole between Penn Station and tunnels
Title:  Hole between Penn Station and tunnels
Description:  NJT 4872 from high above, heading into Penn Station
Photo Date:  8/17/1983  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 7:46:26 AM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4872(GG1)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
AMTK 907
Title:  AMTK 907
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/18/1999  Upload Date: 4/26/2012 7:40:08 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 907(AEM7) AMTK 933(AEM7)
Views:  864   Comments: 0
AMTK 933
Title:  AMTK 933
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/18/1999  Upload Date: 4/26/2012 7:44:31 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 933(AEM7)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
AMTK 948
Title:  AMTK 948
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/18/1999  Upload Date: 4/26/2012 7:53:52 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 948(AEM7)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
AMTK 711
Title:  AMTK 711
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/27/2003  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 5:35:19 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 711(P32AC-DM)
Views:  750   Comments: 0
AMTK 701
Title:  AMTK 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2004  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 5:32:20 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 701(P32AC-DM)
Views:  681   Comments: 0
AMTK 707
Title:  AMTK 707
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2004  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 5:33:48 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 707(P32AC-DM)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
AMTK 710 departing for Albany & Chicago
Title:  AMTK 710 departing for Albany & Chicago
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2004  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 5:34:51 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
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Views:  705   Comments: 0
AMTK 710 arriving at Harmon
Title:  AMTK 710 arriving at Harmon
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2004  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 5:34:48 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
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Views:  487   Comments: 0
Diner 8554
Title:  Diner 8554
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2005  Upload Date: 6/7/2005 5:15:03 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories:  RollingStock,InCab,Station,Steam,Signal,Wreck
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Views:  170   Comments: 0
AMTK 704
Title:  AMTK 704
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2005  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 5:30:55 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 704(P32AC-DM)
Views:  484   Comments: 0
AMTK 705 & the Late Shore Ltd.
Title:  AMTK 705 & the Late Shore Ltd.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2005  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 5:33:15 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 705(P32AC-DM)
Views:  552   Comments: 0
AMTK 707
Title:  AMTK 707
Description:  707 leads #49 the Lake Shore Ltd west towards Chicago.
Photo Date:  5/23/2005  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 5:33:26 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 707(P32AC-DM)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
AMTK 708 & 713
Title:  AMTK 708 & 713
Description:  713 & 708 depart for Albany.
Photo Date:  5/23/2005  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 5:34:00 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 708(P32AC-DM)
Views:  474   Comments: 0
AMTK 713 & 708
Title:  AMTK 713 & 708
Description:  713 & 708 take a train north to Albany. 713 was the last of the dual modes to be overhauled. It formerly wore Phase IV paint.
Photo Date:  5/23/2005  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 5:36:16 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 713(P32AC-DM)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
AMTK 74 departing with 707 for Chicago
Title:  AMTK 74 departing with 707 for Chicago
Description:  74 & 707 take the westbound Lake Shore Limited #49 for Chicago.
Photo Date:  5/23/2005  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 5:38:00 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 74(P42DC)
Views:  661   Comments: 0
AMTK 2009
Title:  AMTK 2009
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/2006  Upload Date: 9/10/2006 11:48:33 AM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 2009(Acela Power Car)
Views:  1071   Comments: 0


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