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Owner: Amtrak
Model:EMD SDP40FBuilt As:AMTK 505 (SDP40F)
Serial Number:72694-6Order No:72694
Frame Number:72694-6Built:6/1973
Other locos with this serial:  AMTK 505(SDP40F)
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New Amtrak SDP40F's on shakedown run
Title:  New Amtrak SDP40F's on shakedown run
Description:  When EMD released the first Amtrak SDP40F's they were ran on a shakedown run on the Santa FE before being released into passenger service. Here is 505,504, and 503 on their maiden run through Joliet IL. This was the only time these units pulled a freight train thus making this shot a rare one indeed. This shot was rejected by Railpics for high sun, so I'm sharing it here with you all.
Photo Date:  6/1/1973  Upload Date: 1/7/2010 3:45:39 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Daniel Tracy
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  1117   Comments: 7
AMTK 505
Title:  AMTK 505
Description:  PURCELL OK October 1973 -- Amtrak SDP40F 505 leads the southbound Texas Chief under the highway overpass as the train slows for a stop at the station. A new crew will take the train from here to Gainesville TX. EMD built the 505 (b/n 72694) in June 1973. After being traded in to EMD most of its internal components were used in F40PHR 363. That unit was acquired by Florida DOT for use in Tri-Rail Service as TRCX 810. (Photo date approximate, roster information from http://www.textfiles.com/fun/amtrak1.txt and http://on-track-on-line.com/amtkrinf-sdp40f.shtml)
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/16/2012 9:00:54 PM
Location:  Purcell, OK
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  653   Comments: 1
AMTK 505
Title:  AMTK 505
Description:  AMTK 505 is the sole power on this southbound "San Diegan".
Photo Date:  12/2/1973  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 8:58:56 PM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  757   Comments: 0
Amtrak SDP40F 505
Title:  Amtrak SDP40F 505
Description:  Taken circa 1974
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/19/2022 11:25:14 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tony Tahlman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
Amtrak SDP40F 505
Title:  Amtrak SDP40F 505
Description:  Taken circa 1974
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/19/2022 11:14:04 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tony Tahlman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F) AMTK 511(SDP40F)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
AMTK 523
Title:  AMTK 523
Description:  Amtrak's #3, the "Southwest Limited," crosses the Los Angeles River as it approaches its final destination at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal early in the morning in February 1974. A trio of EMD SDP40F diesels (523, 525 and 505), from Amtrak's first order of new power, leads the train on this day. In the early days of Amtrak, Santa Fe would not allow the use of their "Super Chief" name to be used by Amtrak, hence the train's early moniker "Southwest Limited." In October 1984, Santa Fe deemed Amtrak's improvements to this train sufficient and the railroad allowed the use of their trademarked name to be used by Amtrak, and the old "Super Chief" was reborn as the "Southwest Chief." Note that the old Santa Fe advertising on the bridge was still in place, and that the L.A. River's concrete banks are not covered in graffiti! (And what appears to be graffiti on the retaining wall on the left, behind the cut of cars, is actually an old advertisement.)
Photo Date:  2/1/1974  Upload Date: 12/21/2012 5:39:53 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(SDP40F) AMTK 525(SDP40F) AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  1219   Comments: 1
AMTK 505
Title:  AMTK 505
Description:  With a puff of steam for effect, AMTK 505 is about to continue south to San Diego.
Photo Date:  3/3/1974  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 8:59:38 PM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  663   Comments: 0
AMTK 505
Title:  AMTK 505
Description:  An Amtrak "San Diegan" heads north (railroad west) past the closed Santa Fe station at Orange, CA. The depot is now a restaraunt, and also a Metrolink station stop. Trailing the 505 is E9B 452 (ex-MILW 358) and five cars.
Photo Date:  8/21/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2010 10:56:33 PM
Location:  Orange, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F) AMTK 452(E9B)
Views:  942   Comments: 0
AMTK 505
Title:  AMTK 505
Description:  AMTK 505 joins AMTK 500 on the "Lone Star".
Photo Date:  8/25/1976  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 9:00:47 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
Amtrak 505,516
Title:  Amtrak 505,516
Description:  Pair of EMD SDP40F's lead the Lonestar out of Chicago, IL. Photographer: Paul Hunnell.
Photo Date:  5/28/1979  Upload Date: 4/19/2020 4:38:10 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F) AMTK 516(SDP40F)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
AMTK 505
Title:  AMTK 505
Description:  GARDEN CITY KS June 16 1979 -- Amtrak SDP40f 505 leads the westbound Southwest Limited as the train slows for a station stop. EMD built the 505 (b/n 72694) in June 1973. After being traded in to EMD most of its internal components were used in F40PHR 363. That unit was acquired by Florida DOT for use in Tri-Rail Service as TRCX 810. (Roster information from http://www.textfiles.com/fun/amtrak1.txt and http://on-track-on-line.com/amtkrinf-sdp40f.shtml)
Photo Date:  6/16/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2012 11:41:21 PM
Location:  Garden City, KS
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  640   Comments: 1
Amtrak 505
Title:  Amtrak 505
Description:  Amtrak 505 looks a little worse for wear as it leads the eastbound Sothwest Ltd. over the Mississippi River at Ft. Madison, Iowa -- Chicago bound.
Photo Date:  7/12/1980  Upload Date: 6/14/2011 12:02:46 AM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  879   Comments: 0
AMTK 168 - AMTK 505
Title:  AMTK 168 - AMTK 505
Description:  AMTK 168 - AMTK 505 northbound rapidly gaining speed exiting the corner from the Vancouver Amtrak Station into the yard area tearing through the action, trying to gain on the northbound mixed freight to her port side.
Photo Date:  9/6/2015  Upload Date: 10/3/2015 2:43:18 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 168(P42DC) AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
AMTK 505 - AMTK 1247
Title:  AMTK 505 - AMTK 1247
Description:  AMTK 505 in second place looking like a real rail powerhouse ahead of AMTK 1247 baggage car shooting north to the 39th Street overpass.
Photo Date:  9/6/2015  Upload Date: 10/3/2015 2:43:48 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
AMTK 132 - AMTK 505
Title:  AMTK 132 - AMTK 505
Description:  AMTK 132 - AMTK 505 with northbound passenger consist rounding the curve of the station deck in Vancouver at sunset.
Photo Date:  11/29/2015  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 7:12:48 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F) AMTK 132(P42DC)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
AMTK 98 ahead of AMTK 505
Title:  AMTK 98 ahead of AMTK 505
Description:  AMTK 98 ahead of AMTK 505 on the evening northbound pausing briefly in Vancouver to let some water drain off the axles (sort of like the rail-equivalent of shaking water off your lily, I guess), before shooting forth to the north.
Photo Date:  3/6/2016  Upload Date: 3/29/2016 2:46:18 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 98(P42DC) AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
AMTK 5-AMTK 505-BNSF 1512-BNSF 2935
Title:  AMTK 5-AMTK 505-BNSF 1512-BNSF 2935
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2017  Upload Date: 8/3/2017 4:03:07 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F) AMTK 5(P42DC) BNSF 1512(GP28M) BNSF 2935(GP39E)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
AMTK 505
Title:  AMTK 505
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2017  Upload Date: 8/3/2017 4:02:29 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(SDP40F)
Views:  188   Comments: 1


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