Amtrak (AMTK) 333 - EMD F40PH

This is obviously not Amtrak #333, but #45 shot in the same location as I shot #333 in the above photo. I had returned to live in CVS and returned to take this shot in late October '23. The westbound Cardinal just came off the NS mainline from Alexandria heading for its next stop in Charlottesville via Gordonsville. Thirteen days shy of exactly 35 years previous (1988) when I photographed F40PH AMTK 333 (see photo above) leading the Cardinal in this same spot, a C&O cantilevered signal tower was in the same location as the current signal mast. Also missing is a switch to a two-track siding where the satellite dish is now. The 1988 Cardinal had 9 cars, today's version has 5. This rail line into Orange provided the original Virginia Midland RR with a connection to the pre-Civil War Alexandria & Orange RR.

11.11.88 Orange, VA 3:40 PM. AMT 333 F40PH. BD 8/80, BN 796379-2. On the point westbound #51 Cardinal entering C&O tracks. The photo below taken was from this exact same location 35 years later of AMTK #45 leading the Cardinal. Compare the 2 photos for the differences.

Burlington Northern Railroad E9Am 9904 at Polk Street in Chicago, Illinois on October 13, 1987, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.

BN 7103 works onto it's train early in the afternoon

Amtrak 41, the Broadway Limited, has cleared Rockville bridge and now is picking up speed as it passes the old Pennsy station at Marysville.

Amtrak F40PH 333 at Polk Street in Chicago, Illinois on October 13, 1987, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.

Amtrak ???, another of the Inland route trains whose number I didn't get, coming through CP 64.

AMTK 333

AMTK 333, exact date unknown

Amtrak 448 amid the autumn splendor in Hinsdale.