Saturday, May 2, 1981 finds the eastbound "Blackhawk" coming under the Winnebago Street viaduct as it slows for its station stop in Rockford, IL. P30CH 717 has a pair of Amcoaches and a single Amc... (more)
Beginning of the last hurrah for the pooches.
P30CH #708 has just arrived into Norfolk, VA, off Amtrak train #54, The Mountaineer, on it's next to the last run, and is being service for the last run of the westbound Mountaineer the next day.
Amtrak's northbound Palmetto is set to depart the Greendale Passenger Station for a trip over the RF&P.
Early in the morning on an already hot and hazy Virginia day, three P30CH’s haul the Auto Train NB only a few miles from the destination of Lorton VA at the end of a nonstop sprint from Florida.... (more)
A Pacific Railroad Society special operating from Los Angeles to Yuma, Arizona, and return is seen here on the eastbound trip out of L.A. as it makes a stop at Pomona. The power for this train co... (more)
A Pacific Railroad Society special operating from Los Angeles to Yuma, Arizona, and return is seen here on the eastbound leg of the trip as it stops in Pomona. The power is a GE P30CH and EMD F40... (more)
Short on motive power, in 1978 SP leased several Amtrak P30CH ("pooches) to work in the commute pool while the SDP45's were in freight service. An excess of offline cars on the SP resulted in an I... (more)
"Ugly ducklings"
The "Sunset" arriving Los Angeles
The Panama Limited awaits its 4:30PM departure for Chicago.
Believe it or not, but today's "Sunset" is arriving Los Angeles early!
Under mandate from the ICC to get offline cars returned to their owners, power short Southern Pacific pulled its SDP45's off commute service and put them hualing freight. To replace them SP leased... (more)
During 1978 the power short SP leased a fleet of Amtrak P30CH's to operate it's SF Peninsula commute line.
