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Autotrain shortly after departure crossing river into Woodbridge
Title:  Autotrain shortly after departure crossing river into Woodbridge
Description:  Date Unknown
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 4/20/2012 10:16:54 AM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AT 4006(U36B) AT 4007(U36B)
Views:  429   Comments: 0
RFP 132
Title:  RFP 132
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/1980  Upload Date: 3/19/2008 6:26:46 PM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RFP 132(GP35) AT 4006(U36B)
Views:  675   Comments: 0
RFP 132
Title:  RFP 132
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/1980  Upload Date: 3/19/2008 6:27:17 PM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RFP 132(GP35) AT 4006(U36B)
Views:  653   Comments: 0
RFP 132
Title:  RFP 132
Description:  Leaving Lorton VA with SB Autotrain. Sequence shot 1 of 2.
Photo Date:  8/9/1980  Upload Date: 3/21/2008 8:29:21 AM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RFP 132(GP35) AT 4006(U36B)
Views:  447   Comments: 0
RFP 132
Title:  RFP 132
Description:  Leaving Lorton VA with SB Autotrain. Sequence shot 2 of 2.
Photo Date:  8/9/1980  Upload Date: 3/21/2008 8:30:29 AM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RFP 132(GP35) AT 4006(U36B)
Views:  746   Comments: 0
AT 4006
Title:  AT 4006
Description:  At Lorton, VA terminal.
Photo Date:  8/9/1980  Upload Date: 12/25/2014 12:30:36 PM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AT 4006(U36B)
Views:  262   Comments: 2
AT 4006
Title:  AT 4006
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1980  Upload Date: 9/28/2009 7:49:50 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4006(U36B)
Views:  376   Comments: 1
AT 4008, 4007 & 4009
Title:  AT 4008, 4007 & 4009
Description:  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)
Views:  473   Comments: 2
AT 4007
Title:  AT 4007
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4007(U36B)
Views:  603   Comments: 0
AT 4007
Title:  AT 4007
Description:  Location unknown
Photo Date:  4/19/1976  Upload Date: 6/16/2018 8:20:37 AM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4007(U36B)
Views:  176   Comments: 1
AT 4007
Title:  AT 4007
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1980  Upload Date: 9/28/2009 7:50:40 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4007(U36B)
Views:  616   Comments: 1
Autotrain 4008
Title:  Autotrain 4008
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1977  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 10:16:26 AM
Location:  Richmond (Amtrak), VA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4008(U36B)
Views:  563   Comments: 1
auto-train 4008
Title:  auto-train 4008
Description:  auto-train terminal Lorton, VA
Photo Date:  11/19/1978  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 9:26:53 AM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  Jim Appleman
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AT 4008(U36B)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
AT 4008
Title:  AT 4008
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1980  Upload Date: 9/28/2009 7:51:07 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4008(U36B)
Views:  503   Comments: 1
Auto Train 4008
Title:  Auto Train 4008
Description:  AT 4008 sits in the dead line at Oelwein, Iowa during the late 1980s.
Photo Date:  5/15/1985  Upload Date: 10/7/2013 3:36:03 PM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Guy Peterson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AT 4008(U36B)
Views:  577   Comments: 2
AT 4009
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4009(U36B)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
Autotrain U36B #4009
Title:  Autotrain U36B #4009
Description: 
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)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
Autotrain U36B #4009
Title:  Autotrain U36B #4009
Description: 
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)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
Original Autotrain 1976 - U36B #4009
Title:  Original Autotrain 1976 - U36B #4009
Description: 
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)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
AT U36B 4009
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)
Views:  389   Comments: 1
Auto-Train U36B 4009
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)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
AT U36B 4009
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:  995   Comments: 3
SCL 0842
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:  840   Comments: 3
AT 4009
Title:  AT 4009
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1980  Upload Date: 9/28/2009 7:52:34 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4009(U36B)
Views:  546   Comments: 1
AT 4009 & 4002
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:  82   Comments: 0
Auto-Train 4010 on eastbound L&N freight
Title:  Auto-Train 4010 on eastbound L&N freight
Description:  In 1973 the L&N rented a handful of U36Bs from Auto-Train, GP40s from CN, and other locomotives from whomever had excess power. The power shortage was caused by the boom in eastern Kentucky coal traffic. As a result, diesels from A-T, CN, PC, SP and other RRs were seen in places those RRs were seldom, if ever, seen before.
Photo Date:  7/1/1973  Upload Date: 3/26/2010 1:47:36 PM
Location:  Memphis, TN
Author:  Frank Greene
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AT 4010(U36B) AT 4012(U36B) LN 4108(GP38-2) CN 4005(GP40)
Views:  1927   Comments: 2
Auto-Train 4010 on eastbound L&N freight
Title:  Auto-Train 4010 on eastbound L&N freight
Description:  In 1973 the L&N rented a handful of U36Bs from Auto-Train and other locomotives from whomever had excess power. The power shortage was caused by the boom in eastern Kentucky coal traffic. As a result, diesels from A-T, CN, PC, SP and other RRs were seen in places those RRs were seldom, if ever, seen before.
Photo Date:  7/1/1973  Upload Date: 3/26/2010 1:46:54 PM
Location:  Memphis, TN
Author:  Frank Greene
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AT 4010(U36B)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
AT 4010
Title:  AT 4010
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/1975  Upload Date: 6/16/2018 8:20:42 AM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  David G Kimmel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4010(U36B)
Views:  243   Comments: 1
AT U36B 4010
Title:  AT U36B 4010
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/1976  Upload Date: 10/20/2007 5:26:11 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AT 4010(U36B)
Views:  664   Comments: 1
AT 4010
Title:  AT 4010
Description:  AT 4010 & AT 4011, seen in the morning
Photo Date:  7/28/1978  Upload Date: 12/26/2017 8:28:26 PM
Location:  Evansville, IN
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AT 4010(U36B) AT 4011(U36B)
Views:  537   Comments: 0
AT 4011
Title:  AT 4011
Description:  AT 4010 & AT 4011, seen in the morning
Photo Date:  7/28/1978  Upload Date: 12/26/2017 8:28:41 PM
Location:  Evansville, IN
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AT 4011(U36B) AT 4010(U36B)
Views:  567   Comments: 0
Auto Train (AUT) 4010 with 2 Others NB on the C&EI
Title:  Auto Train (AUT) 4010 with 2 Others NB on the C&EI
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/1978  Upload Date: 11/26/2009 1:26:29 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AT 4010(U36B)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
Northbound L&N
Title:  Northbound L&N
Description:  At 2:45 p.m. this northbound Louisville & Nashville train was waiting to depart from the railroad's GENTILLY YARD in New Orleans with four locomotives from three different railroads in four different paint schemes! It had Canadian National GP40 4015 and Auto-Train U36B 4010, both on lease, as well as L&N GP30 1009 in an obsolete paint scheme and L&N U28Bm 2501 in the then-current FAMILY LINES scheme.
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:09:21 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LN 2501(U28B) LN 1009(GP30) AT 4010(U36B)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
L&N Train
Title:  L&N Train
Description:  At 2:45 p.m. this northbound Louisville & Nashville train was waiting to depart from the railroad's GENTILLY YARD in New Orleans with four locomotives from three different railroads in four different paint schemes! It had Canadian National GP 40 4015 and Auto-Train U36B 4010, both on lease, as well as L&N GP30 1009 in an obsolete L&N scheme and L&N U28Bm 2501 in the then-current FAMILY LINES scheme.
Photo Date:  10/7/1978  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 6:01:33 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CN 4015(GP40) AT 4010(U36B) LN 1009(GP30) LN 2501(U28B)
Views:  1224   Comments: 1
AT 4010
Title:  AT 4010
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1980  Upload Date: 9/28/2009 7:53:32 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4010(U36B)
Views:  655   Comments: 2
Louisville Auto Train
Title:  Louisville Auto Train
Description:  Southbound Auto Train Near the Georgia/Alabama State Line.
Photo Date:  5/1/1977  Upload Date: 12/27/2012 5:07:44 PM
Location:  Saffold, GA
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4011(U36B)
Views:  759   Comments: 6
AT 4011
Title:  AT 4011
Description:  For about a year, Auto Train operated their Louisville train combined with Amtrak's Floridian. Here, the combined Auto Train/Floridian glides through rural Alabama between Montgomery and Dothan. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  8/15/1977  Upload Date: 2/8/2007 10:26:56 AM
Location:  Brundidge, AL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4011(U36B)
Views:  1322   Comments: 2
AT 4011
Title:  AT 4011
Description:  Southbound Auto Train prepares to depart Louisville. It will run combined with Amtrak's "Floridian". Date approximate.
Photo Date:  8/15/1977  Upload Date: 8/13/2006 10:09:25 AM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4011(U36B)
Views:  1474   Comments: 2
AT 4011
Title:  AT 4011
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1980  Upload Date: 9/28/2009 7:54:28 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4011(U36B)
Views:  510   Comments: 1
auto-train 4012
Title:  auto-train 4012
Description:  Here in the windy city is a visitor in unfamiliar territory, auto-train corporation GE U36B #4012 with a former UP Dome of some kind (known as maxi domes on auto-train) and a former bi-level CN auto carrier. From the information I have gathered, it’s on display in Chicago to promote the new Louisville service. Eugene Garfield really wanted to capture the midwest’s attention it seems. In the background is a few other interesting things to note as well. From my collection, no photographer listed, date is approximate.
Photo Date:  5/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/23/2022 2:44:33 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Collection of Ian Hilderbrand
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AT 4012(U36B) CNW 1592(GP7)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
Auto-Train U36B 4012
Title:  Auto-Train U36B 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 3/14/2012 6:56:50 PM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model
Locomotives:  AT 4012(U36B)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
Auto-Train U36B 4012
Title:  Auto-Train U36B 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 3/14/2012 6:58:49 PM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model
Locomotives:  AT 4012(U36B)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
Original Auto-Train - Extra equipment left behind after Southbound Departure
Title:  Original Auto-Train - Extra equipment left behind after Southbound Departure
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 3/14/2012 7:00:39 PM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Model,Passenger
Locomotives:  AT 4012(U36B)
Views:  585   Comments: 0
Original Autotrain 1976 - U36B
Title:  Original Autotrain 1976 - U36B
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 12/31/2011 1:15:58 PM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model
Locomotives:  AT 4012(U36B)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Auto Train U36B 4012
Title:  Auto Train U36B 4012
Description:  Date, Photographer & Location unknown
Photo Date:  12/31/1979  Upload Date: 5/21/2017 4:37:56 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4012(U36B)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
Auto-Train U36B 4012
Title:  Auto-Train U36B 4012
Description:  Auto-Train U36B 4012 at Sanford, Florida, on an unknown day in February 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 4012 was built for Auto-Train to SCL specifications in May 1974 (c/n 39846). It was in Auto-Train service until 1981, when the company went bankrupt. It was scrapped in 1986. It was powered by a FDL-16 prime mover producing 3600 horsepower, and rode on EMD Blomberg trucks from SCL F unit trade-in's.
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 1/3/2016 5:14:33 PM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AT 4012(U36B)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
AT U36B 4012
Title:  AT U36B 4012
Description:  Auto-Train U36B 4012 and VO-1000 624 at Sanford, Florida, on an unknown day in February 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 4012 was built to SCL specifications in May 1974 (c/n 39846) it was in Auto-Train service until 1981, when the company went bankrupt. It was scrapped in 1986. It was powered by a FDL-16 prime mover producing 3600 horsepower, and rides on EMD Blomberg trucks from F unit trade-in's.
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 3/2/2015 2:32:06 PM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AT 4012(U36B) AT 624(VO-1000)
Views:  529   Comments: 1
AT U36B 4012
Title:  AT U36B 4012
Description:  Auto-Train U36B 4012 at Sanford, Florida, on an unknown day in February 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built to SCL specifications in May 1974 (c/n 39846) it was in Auto-Train service until 1981, when the company went bankrupt. It was scrapped in 1986. It was powered by a FDL-16 prime mover producing 3600 horsepower, and rides on EMD Blomberg trucks from F unit trade-in's.
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 2/4/2011 7:48:17 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AT 4012(U36B)
Views:  813   Comments: 2
AT Caboose 92
Title:  AT Caboose 92
Description:  Auto-Train caboose 92 at Sanford, Florida on an unknown day in February 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 92 was built as a 40 foot boxcar for the FEC, converted to bay window caboose 808 by the FEC, converted to a cupola caboose by AT. It was needed on AT trains after the auto carrier cars were moved to the rear of the train and also when the trains ran in two sections, with one train consisting of just the auto carrier cars.
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 1/30/2015 2:29:15 PM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  AT 4012(U36B) AT 624(VO-1000)
Views:  767   Comments: 1
AT 4012
Title:  AT 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1980  Upload Date: 9/28/2009 7:55:33 AM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AT 4012(U36B)
Views:  760   Comments: 2


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