Amtrak (AMTK) 259 - EMD F40PHR

17th Street. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken from the 17th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1996. Shown here passing ALTO Tower is Amtrak's Train #40, the eastbound "Broadway Limited." In the lead is AMTK #259, an F40PHR diesel-electric locomotive built by GM-EMD in December of 1977 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. Note that some of the original windows in the Tower have been replaced. ("PrrFan18n")

Randy Curlin Collection

SB crossing P&E/N&W

amtk 259 on the capitol limited

AMTK 259 & AMTK 362 run northbound on parallel tracks in the early afternoon

49 WB at MP 132

AMTK 259 leads a morning train

Train 6, the California Zephyr, rolls it's last miles to Chicago.

Train 7, The Empire Builder, departs the depot.

Train 7, The Empire Builder, departs the depot.

Amtrak F40PHR at 16th Street on the Saint Charles Air Line in Chicago, Illinois on October 8, 1987, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.

The Crescent arrives at Alexandria behind a elephant style pair of F40s.

An EMD F40PH brings the northbound Carolinian into Durham, NC, in May 1992.

#8, The Empire Builder, heads east from Grand Crossing.

#8, The Empire Builder, heads east at Grand Crossing.

#8, The Empire Builder, heads east at Grand Crossing.

Amtrak at LaVergne

I know this was either the Ann Rutledge or the St. Louis Mule, but neither of those trains ran with anything but cram-fleet equipment -- except on this fine Fall day in 86. It may have been a special Thansgiving weekend football consist...

AMTK 259

Amtrak Crescent 20 flying through Douglasville,Ga in 1979

Amtrak Crescent 20 in Austell,Ga in 1979 (check out the view)

Amtrak Train No. 20, the northbound <I>CRESCENT</I>, nears the north end of the Lake Pontchartrain trestle. The train consisted of F40 259, a baggage car, baggage-dormitory car, four coaches, 10-6 sleeper, and diner. When the photo was taken, the old swing span had already been replaced with a lift bridge; but the replacement of the wooden trestle with concrete spans hadn't happened yet.

AMTK76 825 259-000527 SB EmpBldr Tr 8, St. Paul

AMTK 410 and 259

A northbound Amtrak train meets the Green Mountain RR at the diamond in Bellows Falls.

AMTK 259, exact date unknown

AMTK 259, exact date unknown