Amtrak (AMTK) 487 - EMD FL9
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Originally built as NH FL9 #2021. oit [assed tjrpigj the Penn Central roster as PC #489 before landing on the Amtrak roster. After the Amtrak service, it eventually moved over to the Morristown & Erie RR as their #489. The loco was loaned to the Morristown & Erie subsidiary tourist line, Maine Eastern RR, and carried the MERR #489 until being sold to Webb Rail in 2020 after the passenger line ended. This is a color slide taken by Don Jilson.
Scrapped
By classic NYC pole line and signal
Amtrak EMD FL9 487.
On the M&E.
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Rusting in peace near the M&E shop.
FL9 487 and 4 cars arrives Hudson
Taken from Amtrak FL-9 Number 489 on the Northbound "Maple Leaf" we see the Southbound "Lake Shore Limited" with two FL-9's.
Amtrak FL9 487.
A former Amtrak FL9 sits alongside the M&E's Morristown shop.
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at Albany Rensselaer station
The two stelth Alco RS11s are being worked on in the yard alongside 563 and a former Amtrak FL9 recently pulled from storage in East Hanover.
F40 FL9 combo will be ripping off miles towards NYC within minutes
A "blast from the past", a perfect '50's vintage train from pilot beam to markers. NO "Amcans or Screamers"!
The "Lake Shore" crossing Annsville Creek.
Train 63 northbound at Manitou.
Amtrak train 254 southbound at Manitou at 12:11.
Morristown & Erie Vornado Spur
Amtrak tr. 248 rushes toward the city at Cold Spring.
Pair of FL-9's takes tr.63 across Wappinger's Creek into New Hamburg.
Amtrak tr.69 westbound past Bannerman's Arsenal on Polopel Island, Storm King looms through the haze.
Amtrak tr. 54 exits the tunnel in Garrison at MP 50 on the old NYC Water Level Route.