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By:Don Oltmann
Dates:1/1/1974 - 12/31/1990
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E8at Albany-Rensselaer
Title:  E8at Albany-Rensselaer
Description:  E8 in shiny Phase I paint with train headed west from Albany-Rennselaer - exact data unknown
Photo Date:  6/1/1975  Upload Date: 2/18/2011 10:08:28 AM
Location:  Rensselaer, NY
Author:  Don Oltmann
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 224(E8A)
Views:  719   Comments: 3
Water Level Express
Title:  Water Level Express
Description:  Water Level Express arrives Hudson NY
Photo Date:  9/20/1975  Upload Date: 2/21/2011 4:27:06 PM
Location:  Hudson, NY
Author:  Don Oltmann
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 328(E8A)
Views:  668   Comments: 1
Identity crisis!
Title:  Identity crisis!
Description:  A pair of FL9s with mix and match carbody panels handle Amtraks Water Level Express south
Photo Date:  5/9/1976  Upload Date: 2/21/2011 4:36:14 PM
Location:  Harmon, NY
Author:  Don Oltmann
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PC 5035(FL9)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
Lake Shore Limited
Title:  Lake Shore Limited
Description:  SDP40F wait to take train west
Photo Date:  9/30/1976  Upload Date: 2/21/2011 3:32:06 PM
Location:  Rensselaer, NY
Author:  Don Oltmann
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 588(SDP40F)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
Steam heat
Title:  Steam heat
Description:  A single SDP40F was the regular power for the Lake Shore Limited west of Albany in it's early years. Here, the 599 lays over at Albany-Rensselaer
Photo Date:  3/15/1977  Upload Date: 2/11/2005 10:16:22 AM
Location:  Rensselaer, NY
Author:  Don Oltmann
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Locomotives:  AMTK 599(SDP40F)
Views:  703   Comments: 0
Brand New Turboliners
Title:  Brand New Turboliners
Description:  Once upon an time, New York was spending money to improve train service and not fighting with Amtrak. These brand new, 110 mph turboliners were the crown jewel in this effort. Rockafellar Plaza buildings in background.
Photo Date:  4/15/1977  Upload Date: 2/11/2005 10:16:22 AM
Location:  Rensselaer, NY
Author:  Don Oltmann
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Views:  543   Comments: 0
High Speed service along the Hudson
Title:  High Speed service along the Hudson
Description:  110 mph Turboliner to New York
Photo Date:  4/15/1980  Upload Date: 2/11/2005 10:16:22 AM
Location:  Stuyvesant, NY
Author:  Don Oltmann
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Locomotives:  AMTK 152(Turboliner)
Views:  832   Comments: 0
Test train power
Title:  Test train power
Description:  Amtrak FL9 489 rests after powering the first 90 mph FL9 powered Empire Service train.
Photo Date:  4/1/1982  Upload Date: 2/21/2011 4:50:29 PM
Location:  Harmon, NY
Author:  Don Oltmann
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Locomotives:  AMTK 489(FL9)
Views:  735   Comments: 0
Empire Service mid-1980s
Title:  Empire Service mid-1980s
Description:  FL9 487 and 4 cars arrives Hudson
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/21/2011 4:30:42 PM
Location:  Hudson, NY
Author:  Don Oltmann
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 487(FL9)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
GE 808 meets AMTK 152
Title:  GE 808 meets AMTK 152
Description:  GE B40-8 demonstrator meets Amtrak Turboliner east of Syracuse
Photo Date:  10/1/1986  Upload Date: 2/21/2011 4:13:11 PM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Don Oltmann
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 152(Turboliner) GECX 808(B40-8)
Views:  921   Comments: 1
Lake Shore Limited far from the lakes
Title:  Lake Shore Limited far from the lakes
Description:  Amtrak train 48 approaches State Line Tunnel on Conrail's Boston Line
Photo Date:  2/1/1988  Upload Date: 2/11/2005 10:16:22 AM
Location:  Flatbrook, NY
Author:  Don Oltmann
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Views:  743   Comments: 1


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