RailPictures.Net Photo: AMTK 821 Amtrak GE P40DC at Ashland, Virginia by Mark MacDougall

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» GE P40DC (more..)

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» Ashland, Virginia, USA (more..)
» October 29, 2022

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The P40s are some of the oldest units in the Amtrak fleet, but they're still going strong primarily in Auto Train service. A pair lead train 52 north through Ashland on a fall afternoon. Ashland is one of the few places that the whole consist of these trains can be seen.

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