Amtrak (AMTK) 629 - EMD SDP40F

1.7.1982 Jacksonville, FL. AMTK 629 SDP40F at the Jacksonville Amtrak station platform being shuffled by SCL SW9 #186. The Amtrak unit will be sold to Santa Fe in 3 years to become ATSF 5262. The switcher will leave SCL's roster in 20 months to be sold to PNC. It started life as ACL 704.

Amtk 629 may have been painted at Albany

Now owned by Santa Fe, former AMTK 629 will be moved to San Bernardino shops and exit `s ATSF 5262 in April 1985.

Westbound Amtrak Train No. 5.

A BN switcher hostles the power for the San Francisco Zephyr at DUS. Amtrak 629 was later ATSF 5262, BNSF 6972. Date of photo approximate.

This is Amtrak's eastbound San Francisco Zephyr, which the photographer rode from Ogden to Omaha. Shown here taking fuel and water at Cheyenne, the two SDP40Fs are trailed by eight cars, a baggage, bag-dorm, two coaches, a lounge, a diner and two sleepers. A dome-coach will be added at Denver.

SEPY with an Amtrak in tow.

The Amtrak Empire Builder, pulled from the its tradional route over Stevens Pass rolls east over Stampede

Steam generators working on a chilly day (pop off valves?) as these units pull into Union Station to be swapped out with the power on the soon to arrive San Francisco Zephyr.

AMTK 629

Florida train #81 passing CR Virginia Tower