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AMTK 417 • Los Angeles CA • 05/21/76 |
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There was a new train listed in the June 15, 1976, Amtrak timetable – trains 781 and 782, the Las Vegas Limited. This train departed Los Angeles on Fridays, and returned on Sundays. On May 21, 1976 the inaugural run of train 782 departs Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal to head east to Las Vegas, Nevada. Train 782 departed Los Angeles behind a quartet of E-Units: AMTK E9A 417 (ex-Union Pacific 912), E8B 451 (ex-AMTK 267, PC 4052, nee-NYC 4052), E8B 452 (ex-AMTK 278, PC 4058, nee-NYC 4058) and E9A 416 (ex-UP 911). Unfortunately, after just three short months, low ridership caused the Las Vegas Limited to be canceled. |
| Photo Date: |
5/21/1976 Upload Date: 11/22/2019 10:55:39 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles Union Station, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 417(E9A) AMTK 451(E9B) AMTK 452(E8A) AMTK 416(E9A) |
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UP 931 - East Los Angeles, CA - 4/71 |
| Description: |
Union Pacific E8A 931 leads train 103, the westbound "City of Los Angeles," as it makes its final station stop before ending its trip in downtown Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal shortly before the start of Amtrak, and the end of this train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/13/2010 4:54:47 PM |
| Location: |
East Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
UP 931(E8A) |
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872 Comments: 2 |
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SOU 6905 |
| Description: |
A colorful assortment of power sits at the Ivy City Engine Terminal in Washington DC on a September day in 1975. Front and center is Southern Railway E8A 6905 (ex-SOU 2928, built 9/51), still in passenger service for the Southern Railway (which did not initially join the Amtrak system when it was formed in 1971). Hiding behind the E-unit is Baltimore & Ohio 6606, a steam-generator equipped GP9 used on Washington to Baltimore commuter trains. And behind that is an assortment of Amtrak SDP40F diesels (582 and, behind that, 609, with others not visible). |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1975 Upload Date: 2/3/2013 9:49:08 PM |
| Location: |
Ivy City, DC |
| Author: |
Douglas G. Walker |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6905(E8A) BO 6606(GP9) AMTK 582(SDP40F) AMTK 609(SDP40F) |
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741 Comments: 0 |
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