Amtrak SDP40F 630, in its as-delivered “pointless arrow” scheme, stands with one of its predecessors at the Ivy City engine terminal in Washington, DC. The SDP40F’s were purchased to replace some of Amtrak’s aging and failing E8’s, but they proved to be derailment prone, and they were retired at about the same time as some of the E units. Eighteen SDP40F’s, including this one, got a new lease on life when they were traded to the Santa Fe, who rebuilt them as SDF40-2’s. Amtrak 630 became AT&SF 5253, and spent at least as much of its career hauling freight as it did pulling passengers.
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just heritage schemes, not just commemorative schemes - this album is devoted to some of the world's most interesting paint schemes, past or present.
