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Owner: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   to AMTK 4855, after HEP AMTK 4723

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AMTK SW8 750
Title:  AMTK SW8 750
Description:  Amtrak SW8 750 at about 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on December 21, 1987, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. All the resources I found so far indicate that this locomotive was built at EMD's, Cleveland, Ohio plant as LV 275 in December 1952, traded by Conrail (as # 8689) to Amtrak in May 1983. However I have not (yet) found an explanation for the NW2 style radiator front end or the unusual (for an SW8) roof-mounted cooling fan. Also, it appears that the hood lost the taper at the cab end. Photographic evidence shows CR 8689 in standard SW8 body configuration when traded to Amtrak, suggesting that the modifications were done by Amtrak.
Photo Date:  12/21/1987  Upload Date: 6/20/2014 11:53:00 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 750(SW8)
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