Amtrak (AMTK) 242 - EMD F40PHR
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Atmore, Alabama’s very first WILLIAMS STATION DAY event was held along the CSX on 24 October 1992. The equipment on display along the CSX included Amtrak F40 242, Superliner coach 34058 and coach/baggage 31011, CSX exhibit car 10 WEST VIRGINIA and Burlington Northern SD60M 1991. Williams Station was the original name of Atmore, before it was renamed in honor of Charles P. Atmore, general passenger agent for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Louisville in 1897.
Randy Curlin Collection
David Rector photo
Taken in the early 2000s.
Taken in the early 2000s.
Taken in the early 2000s
AMTK 204 prepares to depart with the southbound Coast Starlight in the morning
AMTK 204 prepares to depart with the southbound Coast Starlight in the morning
Hiawatha #332 eastward.
Train 8, The Empire Builder, heads east out of the depot.
F40s 242 and 237 in charge of the eastbound Desert Wind at Hodge. AMTK 242 was later SKTX 242 (Rio Grande Ski Train). Date of photo approximate.
Amtrak leased F40PHs to UP in 1998. Several appeared in New Orleans, in this case 242/281 between UP lead 3934 and trailing 5550/3755.
EB train 304 the Ann Rutledge prepares to leave Kirkwood after a lengthy station stop.
AMTK 242, exact date unknown
