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Yard switcher |
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Though once home to the mighty GG 1, the grunt work at Sunnyside is handled by more mundane power, such as this SW working the coach yard with sleeper Pacific Park. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1988 Upload Date: 7/3/2015 4:03:49 AM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside Yard, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
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AMTK 550(SSB1200) |
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513 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 10000 |
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| Photo Date: |
6/14/1988 Upload Date: 11/21/2014 7:29:41 PM |
| Location: |
Decatur (Wabic), IL |
| Author: |
Dave Ritter |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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433 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 339 |
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| Photo Date: |
6/14/1988 Upload Date: 11/21/2014 7:30:32 PM |
| Location: |
Decatur (Wabic), IL |
| Author: |
Dave Ritter |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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510 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP #1432 PACIFIC PEAK |
| Description: |
Built in 1950 by Budd in Lot #9660-039 to Plan #9522 as UP 10RM-6DB sleeper PACIFIC PEAK, 1 of 50 PACIFIC-series cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in February 1948; cars were delivered between December 1949 and June 1950. Besides PACIFIC EMPIRE, which was wrecked in 1951, the other 49 cars were assigned #14xx-series numbers in 1969, the PACIFIC PEAK was assigned #1432, which was applied in November 1969. 5 cars were sold to the Milwaukee Road in 1969, 1 car was retained by UP, and the other 43 cars were sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #2600-#2642, PACIFIC PEAK as #2625. Besides 3 which were wrecked during Amtraks first decade, the remaining 40 cars were converted to HEP in 3 batches, the 2nd group of 15 cars were converted in 1979-1980, including PACIFIC PEAK, which was converted to HEP #2887 in December 1979. The #2887 was retired in 1988 and sold in 1995 to private ownership. IRM acquired the car in 2004. EXIF: 4:19 PM, f/2.7 @ 1/250 |
| Photo Date: |
7/14/2009 Upload Date: 11/4/2014 12:10:42 AM |
| Location: |
Union, IL |
| Author: |
Ted Brumberg |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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487 Comments: 0 |
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