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Viewing Album:  Early Amtrak at New Haven CT
 
By:Stu Nicholson
Dates:8/24/2013 - 8/24/2013
Album Info:Back in what many refer to as "the Rainbow Era" when Amtrak was still running in the colors of it's predecessor railroads. These are Kodachrome slide scans from the early 1970's.
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Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  Ex-NH switcher gets a train ready for the trip to New York.
Photo Date:  8/24/1970  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:19:19 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PC 5562(RS3)
Views:  274   Comments: 1
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  ex-New Haven/PC switcher pulls duty with Amtrak at New Haven.
Photo Date:  8/24/1970  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:16:38 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PC 5562(RS3)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  E-8 in almost new Amtrak colors is sort of nose-to-nose with an E-8 still in PC black that looks like its seen much better days.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:40:09 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 432(E9A)
Views:  278   Comments: 2
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  The ready track next to the New Haven station.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:13:30 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PC 4931(GG1)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  One of Amtraks first "new" locomotives has just unhooked from a run from Boston to make room for a GG-1 to carry the train into NYC and DC.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:25:06 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 201(F40PH)
Views:  428   Comments: 2
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  Amtrak color on an ex-NH RDC at New Haven. Very likely a local to Hartford.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:28:24 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  The sun sets on Amtraks Daniel Webster as it arrives at New Haven.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:31:37 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  85   Comments: 2
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  One of the early Metroliner cars Amtrak inherited from the PC.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:22:38 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 828(Electric M.U.)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  Two of Amtraks early relics "face off" on the fueling line at the New Haven station. The converted RDC is ex-New Haven and ran as the "Daniel Webster". It now resides at the Hobo RR Museum in NH.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:01:44 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 303(E8A)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:05:52 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  79   Comments: 0
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  One of the few ex-Pennsy GG-1s that made it into Amtrak colors.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:08:13 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 909(GG1)
Views:  273   Comments: 1
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  GG-1 still in Penn Central black but at least lettered for Amtrak.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:10:55 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 903(GG1)
Views:  385   Comments: 5
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  Still in its Penn Central livery, a GG-1 waits on the ready track at New Haven for its next assignment.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:35:09 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PC 4937(GG1)
Views:  281   Comments: 2
Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Title:  Early Amtrak at New Haven - 1970s
Description:  Still in what may be an old Pennsy paint scheme, another GG-1 stands ready for its next train at New Haven. The New Haven station was a great place to catch these giants in their waning days.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 12:43:25 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 929(GG1)
Views:  370   Comments: 4

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