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| Title: |
AT 4008, 4007 & 4009 |
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On January 19, 1973, Dad shot Auto-Train U36Bs 4008, 4007 & 4009 leading southbound Louisville & Nashville train #867 through Etowah, Tennessee. The Auto-Train engines were built to Seaboard Coast Line specifications and had a toggle switch in the cab for "freight" and "passenger" - with the idea being that if Auto-Train folded within a year or two the engines could be sold to SCL for freight use. Auto-Train actually operated for 10 years on two routes - the original and primary route was from Lorton, VA to Sanford, FL and a second route from Louisville, KY to Sanford. When Dad shot this one in 1973 the engines were making test runs from Louisville to Florida for Auto-Train to determine which route to actually use. They would eventually settle on a route that took the train through Nashville along the same route as Amtraks Floridian - and in fact the Amtrak and Auto-Train trains would sometimes be combined into one. On one of the test runs these units ran on the K&A route of the L&N, Dad got to ride home in the cab, to Etowah from Morley, TN. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/1973 Upload Date: 5/27/2016 4:24:18 PM |
| Location: |
Etowah, TN |
| Author: |
Robert Thomson |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4008(U36B) AT 4007(U36B) AT 4009(U36B) |
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463 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
AT 4009 |
| Description: |
Picture was taken by Harv Khan(Deceased) I am posting so everyone can enjoy his excellent work |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/1975 Upload Date: 8/22/2008 10:39:19 PM |
| Location: |
Lorton, VA |
| Author: |
Crow T. Robot |
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| Locomotives: |
AT 4009(U36B) |
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456 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Autotrain U36B #4009 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/31/1976 Upload Date: 3/14/2012 6:08:47 PM |
| Location: |
Lorton, VA |
| Author: |
Frank A. Phillips Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster,Model |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4009(U36B) |
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290 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Autotrain U36B #4009 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/31/1976 Upload Date: 3/14/2012 6:12:31 PM |
| Location: |
Lorton, VA |
| Author: |
Frank A. Phillips Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster,Model |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4009(U36B) |
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328 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Autotrain U36Bs #4002 and #4009 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/31/1976 Upload Date: 3/14/2012 6:14:32 PM |
| Location: |
Lorton, VA |
| Author: |
Frank A. Phillips Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster,Model |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4002(U36B) AT 4009(U36B) |
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345 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Original Autotrain 1976 - Departure |
| Description: |
Pulling onto track #3 on RF&P Main Line |
| Photo Date: |
10/31/1976 Upload Date: 12/31/2011 1:22:05 PM |
| Location: |
Lorton, VA |
| Author: |
Frank A. Phillips Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4002(U36B) AT 4009(U36B) |
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512 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Original Autotrain 1976 - U36B |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/31/1976 Upload Date: 12/31/2011 1:13:42 PM |
| Location: |
Lorton, VA |
| Author: |
Frank A. Phillips Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster,Model |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4002(U36B) AT 4009(U36B) |
| Views: |
393 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Original Autotrain 1976 - U36B #4009 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/31/1976 Upload Date: 12/31/2011 1:14:33 PM |
| Location: |
Lorton, VA |
| Author: |
Frank A. Phillips Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster,Model |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4009(U36B) |
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225 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Original Auto Train Departing Lorton VA - Oct. 1976 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/31/1976 Upload Date: 4/10/2010 4:37:40 PM |
| Location: |
Lorton, VA |
| Author: |
Frank A. Phillips Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4002(U36B) AT 4009(U36B) |
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1933 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
AT U36B 4009 |
| Description: |
Auto-Train U36B 4009 at Sanford, Florida on an unknown day in February 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1980 Upload Date: 3/2/2015 1:23:46 PM |
| Location: |
Sanford, FL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4009(U36B) AT 4009(U36B) |
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378 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Auto-Train U36B 4009 |
| Description: |
Auto-Train U36B 4009 at Sanford, Florida on an unknown day in February 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built December 1971 (c/n 38748) to Seaboard Coast Line specifications, it spent ten years in Auto-Train sevice before the company went bankrupt in 1981. By 1986, most of the AUT U36B's had been scrapped. Apparently four additional U36B's were ordered by Auto-Train by went to Conrail, AUT #4013-4016 becoming CR #2971-2974. Conrail accepted them on the condition that the EMD Blomberg trucks be replaced with AAR Type-B trucks. Auto-Train Corporation began service on December 6, 1971 between Lorton, Virginia and Sanford, Florida. The service was a big hit with travelers. Auto-Train expanded and established a short-lived service between Louisville, Kentucky and Sanford, Florida. Lack of success from the Louisville expansion, high crew costs and several spectacular accidents put the company into bankruptcy and ended its services in late April, 1981. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1980 Upload Date: 9/28/2021 4:37:57 PM |
| Location: |
Sanford, FL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4009(U36B) |
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132 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AT U36B 4009 |
| Description: |
Auto-Train U36B 4009 at Sanford, Florida on an unknown day in February 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built December 1971 (c/n 38748) to Seaboard Coast Line specifications, it spent ten years in Auto-Train service before the company went bankrupt in 1981. By 1986, most of the AUT U36B's had been scrapped. Apparently four additional U36B's were ordered by Auto-Train by went to Conrail, AUT #4013-4016 becoming CR #2971-2974. Conrail accepted them on the condition that the EMD Blomberg trucks be replaced with AAR Type-B trucks. Auto-Train Corporation began service on December 6, 1971 between Lorton, Virginia and Sanford, Florida. The service was a big hit with travelers. Auto-Train expanded and established a short-lived service between Louisville, Kentucky and Sanford, Florida. Lack of success from the Louisville expansion, high crew costs and several spectacular accidents put the company into bankruptcy and ended its services in late April, 1981. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1980 Upload Date: 2/4/2011 7:06:33 AM |
| Location: |
Sanford, FL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4009(U36B) |
| Views: |
986 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
SCL 0842 |
| Description: |
Seaboard Coast Line 0842 and Auto Train U36B 4009 at Sanford, Florida on an unknown day in February 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1980 Upload Date: 7/28/2012 12:24:07 PM |
| Location: |
Sanford, FL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4009(U36B) |
| Views: |
832 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
AT 4009 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
12/31/1980 Upload Date: 9/28/2009 7:52:34 AM |
| Location: |
Sanford, FL |
| Author: |
Stephie Kolata |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AT 4009(U36B) |
| Views: |
539 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AT 4009 & 4002 |
| Description: |
4.13.1981 Lorton, VA. AutoTrain is about to head southward to Sanford, FL. AT 4009 and 4002, looking well worn and dirty, are followed by an HEP car, a dome, and other Heritage passenger units. |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1981 Upload Date: 11/26/2022 12:06:10 PM |
| Location: |
Lorton, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4009(U36B) |
| Views: |
77 Comments: 0 |
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