Rensselaer, NY |
July 24th, 2000 2:20pm |
Empire Service #281 |
Phase IV |
GE Transportation Systems January 1998 |
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Kodak Kodachrome 64 35mm Slide |
Pentax ZX-M |
Pentax 50mm f2.0 Lens |
114-01 |
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Built by General Electric Transportation Systems in January 1998 and numbered 711. This series of locomotives (a total of 18 would be built) were built to replace the EMD FL9's. These "Dual-Mode" units were built to operate on diesel power above-ground and on third-rail electric power when in the tunnels going into New York's Penn Station. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com. |
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Niagara Falls, NY |
August 27th, 2011 7:51pm |
Empire Service #281 |
Phase V |
GE Transportation Systems January 1998 |
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Digital Photo |
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi |
Tamron (Canon) 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 Zoom Lens |
f4.5 @ 1/60th sec ISO 400 |
460-2614 |
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Built by General Electric Transportation Systems in January 1998 and numbered 711. This series of locomotives (a total of 18 would be built) were built to replace the EMD FL9's. These "Dual-Mode" units were built to operate on diesel power above-ground and on third-rail electric power when in the tunnels going into New York's Penn Station. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com. |
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Germantown, NY |
December 15th, 2019 1:41pm |
Empire Service #284 |
Phase III |
GE Transportation Systems January 1998 |
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Digital Photo |
Canon EOS 80D |
Canon 24-105mm EF f4.0L IS Zoom Lens |
f8.0 @ 1/1250th sec ISO 640 |
A17-7405 |
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Built by General Electric Transportation Systems in January 1998 and numbered 711. This series of locomotives (a total of 18 would be built) were built to replace the EMD FL9's. These "Dual-Mode" units were built to operate on diesel power above-ground and on third-rail electric power when in the tunnels going into New York's Penn Station. With funding provided by the State of New York, these units have been or will be repainted into Phase III with a special "Empire Service" emblem on each side. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com. |
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Stuyvesant, NY |
December 12th, 2021 3:21pm |
Ethan Allen Express #290 |
Phase III |
GE Transportation Systems January 1998 |
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Digital Photo |
Canon EOS 90D |
Sigma (Canon) 35mm f1.4 Art EF Wide-Angle |
f5.0 @ 1/1250th sec ISO 1000 |
B37-5971 |
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Built by General Electric Transportation Systems in January 1998 and numbered 711. This series of locomotives (a total of 18 would be built) were built to replace the EMD FL9's. These "Dual-Mode" units were built to operate on diesel power above-ground and on third-rail electric power when in the tunnels going into New York's Penn Station. With funding provided by the State of New York, these units have been or will be repainted into Phase III with a special "Empire Service" emblem on each side. This unit is also equipped with an escape hatch similar to Metro-North Railroad's P32's that operate into Grand Central Terminal since Amtrak ran service there in 2018 due to trackwork at Penn Station. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com. |
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