In from the run. Washington, D.C.’s Ivy City Engine Terminal is the starting point for Amtrak routes is all directions, and this scene in July of 1974 sees the motive power destined for many cities. Here, new Amtrak SDP40Fs repose beside aged E8s, along with Southern E8s for the non-Amtrak Southern Crescent. It’s a constant shuffle of power-in and power-out, as it’s been for a century, readying this evening’s departures for all points on the national passenger train map.
