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Viewing Album:  Amtrak HEP Equipment
 
By:James Sponholz
Dates:1/1/1984 - 12/31/2010
Album Info:Amtrak photos, mostly shot in Illinois and Wisconsin, with a few surprizes.
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Amtrak 2915
Title:  Amtrak 2915
Description:  Sleeper 2915, "Pacific Hills," arrives in Milwaukee on the eastbound North Star on an early Sunday morning in June, 1979.
Photo Date:  6/17/1979  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 12:49:41 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  145   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1156
Title:  Amtrak 1156
Description:  Baggage car 1156 on the westbound Empire Builder. While the head end looks like a regular single level train, this is a Superliner consist, just 6 weeks after Superliners were assigned to the train.
Photo Date:  12/13/1979  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 1:21:16 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  132   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1450
Title:  Amtrak 1450
Description:  Baggage-Dorm 1450 on the Empire Builder in May, 1980.
Photo Date:  12/13/1979  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 11:35:15 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  173   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2990
Title:  Amtrak 2990
Description:  Sleeper 2990, "Joseph V. MacDonald," on the Empire Builder in May, 1980.
Photo Date:  12/13/1979  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 11:43:12 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  137   Comments: 0
Amtrak 20217
Title:  Amtrak 20217
Description:  AmDinette 20217 on the Empire State Express leaving Albany-Rensselaer in May of 1980.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/10/2021 8:52:13 PM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  71   Comments: 0
Amtrak 21127
Title:  Amtrak 21127
Description:  Amtrak 21127 on the Lake Shore Limited at Albany in 1980.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/17/2020 3:17:51 PM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  51   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2889
Title:  Amtrak 2889
Description:  Sleeper 2889 is being checked over by a carman on the Lake Shore Limited at Albany.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 10:46:27 AM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  140   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2917 "Pacific Island"
Title:  Amtrak 2917 "Pacific Island"
Description:  Sleeper 2917, "Pacific Island," seen on the Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited in May, 1980.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 1:12:18 PM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  89   Comments: 0
AMTK 2941 "Pacific Waters"
Title:  AMTK 2941 "Pacific Waters"
Description:  Sleeper 2941, "Pacific Waters," at Albany in May, 1980.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 2:26:47 PM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  126   Comments: 0
Amtrak 4604
Title:  Amtrak 4604
Description:  Amtrak coach 4604 on the Lake Shore Limited at Albany.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 10:49:34 AM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories: 
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Views:  118   Comments: 0
Amtrak 4608
Title:  Amtrak 4608
Description:  Coach 4608 has been set out from the New York section of the Lake Shore Limited due to brake trouble.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 1:04:53 PM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  142   Comments: 0
Amtrak 4611
Title:  Amtrak 4611
Description:  Coach 4611 on the Lake Shore Limited at Albany in 1980.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 10:53:42 AM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  166   Comments: 0
Amtrak 4613
Title:  Amtrak 4613
Description:  Coach 4613 at Albany in 1980.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 10:56:12 AM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  111   Comments: 0
Amtrak 4619
Title:  Amtrak 4619
Description:  Coach 4619 on the Lake Shore Limited at Albany.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 10:57:53 AM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  83   Comments: 0
Amtrak 4620
Title:  Amtrak 4620
Description:  Coach 4620 at Albany in May, 1980
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/4/2018 8:12:16 PM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  102   Comments: 0
Amtrak 8503
Title:  Amtrak 8503
Description:  Diner 8503, nee Silver Chef, seen here on the New York section of the Lake Shore Limited at Albany in 1980.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 11:00:47 AM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  218   Comments: 0
Amtrak 694
Title:  Amtrak 694
Description:  Amtrak HEP power car 694 is being switched onto an Empire Service train at Albany.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 9:41:04 AM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  128   Comments: 0
Amtrak 696
Title:  Amtrak 696
Description:  Amtrak HEP power car 696 on an Empire Service train at Albany.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 9:52:09 AM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
Amtrak 4606
Title:  Amtrak 4606
Description:  Coach 4606 being assembled into a new train at Albany in 1980.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 11:14:24 AM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  140   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1616
Title:  Amtrak 1616
Description:  Baggage-Dorm 1616 is worked on the New York section of the Lake Shore Limited at Albany.
Photo Date:  8/15/1980  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 5:01:39 PM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  126   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1164
Title:  Amtrak 1164
Description:  Baggage car 1164 on the westbound Empire Builder at Milwaukee in October, 1980.
Photo Date:  10/28/1980  Upload Date: 12/1/2018 11:05:10 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  171   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2086
Title:  Amtrak 2086
Description:  Amtrak Slumbercoach 2086 at Washington, DC
Photo Date:  12/23/1980  Upload Date: 11/30/2018 1:17:32 PM
Location:  Washington Union Station, DC
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories: 
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Views:  144   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2430 "Pacific Falls"
Title:  Amtrak 2430 "Pacific Falls"
Description:  Car 2430, "Pacific Falls," was the frist of the 'pacific electrics,', ex-UP Pacific series sleepers to be converted to HEP in Nov., 1980. Car was wrecked on No. 49 at Batavia, NY in August, 1994.
Photo Date:  12/23/1980  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 5:51:04 PM
Location:  Washington Union Station, DC
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  224   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2443 "Walnut Grove"
Title:  Amtrak 2443 "Walnut Grove"
Description:  A few months after HEP conversion from steam car 2681, the Walnut Grove awaits passengers at Washington
Photo Date:  12/23/1980  Upload Date: 12/4/2018 7:16:59 PM
Location:  Washington Union Station, DC
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  202   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2987 "Pine Shore"
Title:  Amtrak 2987 "Pine Shore"
Description:  Sleeper 2987, "Pine Shore," at Washington DC
Photo Date:  12/23/1980  Upload Date: 12/17/2018 3:37:15 PM
Location:  Washington Union Station, DC
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  92   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1233
Title:  Amtrak 1233
Description:  Amtrak Baggage Car 1233 on the Empire Builder at Milwaukee.
Photo Date:  1/22/1981  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 1:24:32 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  99   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1245
Title:  Amtrak 1245
Description:  Baggage car 1245 on the Empire Builder just west of the Milwaukee depot.
Photo Date:  3/19/1981  Upload Date: 11/30/2018 1:40:36 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  161   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2432
Title:  Amtrak 2432
Description:  Amtrak 2432, a 10-6 sleeper, seen on the North Star at Duluth Station in September of 1981.
Photo Date:  9/19/1981  Upload Date: 12/18/2021 3:23:09 PM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  65   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2432 "Pacific Waves"
Title:  Amtrak 2432 "Pacific Waves"
Description:  Amtrak 2432, "Pacific Waves," on the North Star at Duluth, MN
Photo Date:  9/19/1981  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 5:59:51 PM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  174   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2982 "Pine Rapids"
Title:  Amtrak 2982 "Pine Rapids"
Description:  Amtrak 2982, Pine Rapids, rests at Potomac Yard between assignments.
Photo Date:  11/10/1981  Upload Date: 12/1/2018 11:51:02 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  116   Comments: 0
AMTK 1172
Title:  AMTK 1172
Description:  Baggageman Walter "Rollie" Day peers out from the Silver Treasure on the Empire Builder. Day later went into engine service, and was killed Octiober 9, 1986 when the Empire Builder derailed outside of Columbus, WI.
Photo Date:  3/13/1982  Upload Date: 4/20/2014 12:24:48 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Station
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Views:  1355   Comments: 3
Amtrak 2986 "Pine Mesa"
Title:  Amtrak 2986 "Pine Mesa"
Description:  Sleeper "Pine Mesa" at Albany, NY in 1983.
Photo Date:  10/6/1983  Upload Date: 12/9/2018 6:11:27 PM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  158   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1272
Title:  Amtrak 1272
Description:  Baggage car 1272 is being tended to by train and station employees at Havre in 1983.
Photo Date:  11/5/1983  Upload Date: 8/5/2021 6:23:35 PM
Location:  Havre, MT
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2431 "Pacific Forum"
Title:  Amtrak 2431 "Pacific Forum"
Description:  Sleeper 2431 in New Orleans
Photo Date:  6/6/1984  Upload Date: 12/5/2018 7:44:07 PM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  196   Comments: 0
Amtrak 4000
Title:  Amtrak 4000
Description:  It's train time at New Orleans, passengers board while the carmen trade sandhouse gossip. Car 4000 was rebuilt to HEP in 1980.
Photo Date:  6/6/1984  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 9:07:40 AM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  127   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1232
Title:  Amtrak 1232
Description:  The agent hauls a load of luggage from Amtrak Baggage Car 1232 on the Empire Builder at Winona, MN on this day in June, 1984.
Photo Date:  6/25/1984  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 1:23:37 PM
Location:  Winona, MN
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  190   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1268
Title:  Amtrak 1268
Description:  On a day when passenger trains are the safest way to get anywhere, the Empire Builder crosses the Menomonee River Bridge in Milwaukee
Photo Date:  11/24/1984  Upload Date: 11/30/2018 1:44:33 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  85   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1141
Title:  Amtrak 1141
Description:  Baggage Car 1141 on the westbound Empire Builder is worked at Midway Station in Minneapolis on March of 1985.
Photo Date:  3/15/1985  Upload Date: 12/10/2021 4:21:59 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Night,Passenger
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Views:  47   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1264
Title:  Amtrak 1264
Description:  Baggage car 1264 on the westbound Empire Builder at Milwaukee in 1985.
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 12/1/2018 10:47:45 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  222   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1156
Title:  Amtrak 1156
Description:  Baggabe car 1156 on the eastbound Empire Builder at Milwaukee in 1985
Photo Date:  10/19/1985  Upload Date: 12/1/2018 11:26:30 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  130   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1216
Title:  Amtrak 1216
Description:  Amtrak baggage car 1216 on the eastbound Empire Builder at Milwaukee in 1985.
Photo Date:  11/11/1985  Upload Date: 12/1/2018 10:37:32 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  183   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1264
Title:  Amtrak 1264
Description:  Baggage car 1264 on the eastbound Empire Builder at Milwaukee in 1985.
Photo Date:  11/11/1985  Upload Date: 12/1/2018 10:52:57 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  179   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1134
Title:  Amtrak 1134
Description:  Amtrak 1134 on the westbound Empire Builder at Milwaukee in June, 1986.
Photo Date:  6/29/1986  Upload Date: 11/30/2018 7:02:50 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  205   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1189
Title:  Amtrak 1189
Description:  Baggage car 1189 on the westbound Empire Builder at Milwaukee in 1986.
Photo Date:  6/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/1/2018 10:40:44 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  143   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1252
Title:  Amtrak 1252
Description:  Baggage car 1252 at Amtrak's 12th St. Yard, Chicago.
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 11/30/2018 11:56:55 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  212   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1614
Title:  Amtrak 1614
Description:  Baggage=Dorm car 1614 undergoes maintenance at Chicago 12th St Yards prior to its next run.
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 4:59:12 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  269   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2052 "Dunkirk Harbor"
Title:  Amtrak 2052 "Dunkirk Harbor"
Description:  Slumbercoach 2052, "Dunkirk Harbor," awaits the next call at Amtrak's 12th Street Yards in Chicago.
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 12:39:47 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2444 "Magnolia Grove"
Title:  Amtrak 2444 "Magnolia Grove"
Description:  Car 2444, "Magnolia Grove," between runs at Chicago 14th St. Yard.
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 12/4/2018 7:21:34 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  283   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2050 "Monroe Harbor"
Title:  Amtrak 2050 "Monroe Harbor"
Description:  Car 2050, "Monroe Harbor," on Amtrak's Broadway Limited at Harrisburg. Off-going and on-coming conductors talk shop prior to departure.
Photo Date:  1/10/1988  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 12:48:42 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  166   Comments: 0
Amtrak 2923 "Pacific Park"
Title:  Amtrak 2923 "Pacific Park"
Description:  Sleeper 2923, "Pacific Park," brings up the rear of the Broadway Limited. View looks toward Harris Tower, back when it was still actively-manned.
Photo Date:  1/10/1988  Upload Date: 12/4/2018 8:17:39 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  120   Comments: 0

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