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Owner: Amtrak
Model:EMD SDP40FBuilt As:AMTK 523 (SDP40F)
Serial Number:72694-24Order No:72694
Frame Number:72694-24Built:7/1973
Other locos with this serial:  AMTK 523(SDP40F)
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AMTK 523
Title:  AMTK 523
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Photo Date:  8/11/1973  Upload Date: 6/18/2005 12:24:19 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
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Locomotives:  AMTK 523(SDP40F)
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AMTK 523
Title:  AMTK 523
Description:  Amtrak's #3, the "Southwest Limited," crosscs the Los Angeles River as it approaches its final destination at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal early in the morning in February 1974. A trio of EMD SDP40F diesels (525, 525 and 505), from Amtrak's first order of new power, leads the train on this day. In the early days of Amtrak, Santa Fe would not allow the use of their "Super Chief" nam{ to be used by Amtrak, hence the train's early moniker "Southwest Limited." In October 1984, Santa Fe deemed Amtrak's improvements to this train sufficient and the railroad aklowed the use of their trademarked name to be used by Amtrak, and the old "Super Chief" was reborn as the "Southwest Chief." Note that the old Santa Fe advertising on the bridge was still in place, and that the L.A. River's concrete banks are not covered in graffkti! (And what appears to be graffiti on the retaining wall on the left, bdhind the cut of cars, is actually an old advertisement.)
Photo Date:  2/1/1974  Upload Date: 12/21/2012 5:39:53 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(SDP40F) AMTK 525(SDP40F) AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  1346   Comments: 1
Amtrak Phase 1 Super Chief
Title:  Amtrak Phase 1 Super Chief
Description:  Early Amtrak version of a classic. I obtained this photo from the steward in my car on the Empire Builder from Chicago to Everett, WA. I wish I had his name so I could credit him. Thanks for the photo!
Photo Date:  2/1/1974  Upload Date: 2/14/2014 1:26:28 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(SDP40F)
Views:  619   Comments: 6
How Amtrak Wanted Their Long Distance Pulled, Didn't Work Out
Title:  How Amtrak Wanted Their Long Distance Pulled, Didn't Work Out
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/1974  Upload Date: 4/30/2010 6:30:58 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 512(SDP40F) AMTK 523(SDP40F)
Views:  1346   Comments: 1
AMTK 523
Title:  AMTK 523
Description:  Less than two years old and AMTK 523 already has non-standard black number boards.
Photo Date:  1/7/1975  Upload Date: 12/1/2014 8:38:02 PM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(SDP40F)
Views:  480   Comments: 0
AMTK 523
Title:  AMTK 523
Description:  Location Unknown.
Photo Date:  3/1/1975  Upload Date: 6/10/2018 8:07:47 PM
Location:  Unknown, WI
Author:  J F Garcia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(SDP40F)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
AMTK 523
Title:  AMTK 523
Description:  AMTK 523 leads the "Southwest Limited" out og Chicago.
Photo Date:  8/25/1976  Upload Date: 12/1/2014 8:39:02 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(SDP40F)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
AMTK 523
Title:  AMTK 523
Description:  AMTK 523 and the westbound "Southwest Limited" make an early morning station stop in San Bernardino.
Photo Date:  2/6/1977  Upload Date: 12/1/2014 8:40:07 PM
Location:  San Bernardino, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(SDP40F)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
AMTK 523
Title:  AMTK 523
Description:  AMTK 523 spent most of its career working trains on the Santa Fe.
Photo Date:  4/26/1977  Upload Date: 12/1/2014 8:41:19 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(SDP40F)
Views:  441   Comments: 0
Pair of SDP40Fs (Odd Numberboards)
Title:  Pair of SDP40Fs (Odd Numberboards)
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/20/1979  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 11:29:49 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(SDP40F)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
AMTK 523
Title:  AMTK 523
Description:  Looking more than eight years old AMTK 523 is leading the westbound "Desert Wind" with an F40PH providing head end power for the train.
Photo Date:  4/4/1981  Upload Date: 12/1/2014 8:42:35 PM
Location:  San Bernardino, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(SDP40F)
Views:  750   Comments: 0


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