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AMTK 712 and 702
Title:  AMTK 712 and 702
Description:  Amtrak train No. 1, the Westbound Sunset Limited, accelerates around the SP Avondale Yard with P30CHs 712 and 702 highballing on the mainline.
Photo Date:  12/31/1983  Upload Date: 3/24/2009 12:11:35 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
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Locomotives:  AMTK 712(P30CH) AMTK 702(P30CH)
Views:  1280   Comments: 0
SP 9097 and AMTK 705
Title:  SP 9097 and AMTK 705
Description:  Amtrak P30CH 705 leads train No. 1, the westbound Sunset Limited, out of the SP Avondale Yard as SP 9097 waits.
Photo Date:  12/9/1981  Upload Date: 4/14/2009 12:51:33 AM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 9097(SD45) AMTK 705(P30CH)
Views:  1279   Comments: 4
AMTK 710
Title:  AMTK 710
Description:  Amtrak train No. 1, the Westbound Sunset Limited, descends the Huey P. Long Bridge into Avondale.
Photo Date:  2/25/1984  Upload Date: 3/24/2009 12:51:21 PM
Location:  Bridge City, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
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Locomotives:  AMTK 710(P30CH)
Views:  1024   Comments: 0
AMTK 711
Title:  AMTK 711
Description:  The city of New Orleans northbound passing the old K&B warehouse, another New Orleans icon now gone.
Photo Date:  1/29/1982  Upload Date: 4/14/2009 12:28:50 AM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 711(P30CH)
Views:  799   Comments: 0
AMTK 718
Title:  AMTK 718
Description:  The World's Fair train headed west to New Orleans makes a station stop in Gentilly, LA after departing Biloxi, MS. This train would eventually become the east leg of the Sunset Limited.
Photo Date:  4/28/1984  Upload Date: 4/21/2009 2:49:03 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 718(P30CH)
Views:  919   Comments: 3
AMTK 718 and 723
Title:  AMTK 718 and 723
Description:  Amtrak train No. 1, the Westbound Sunset Limited, descends the Huey P. Long Bridge into Avondale with P30CHs 718 and 723.
Photo Date:  10/17/1988  Upload Date: 3/24/2009 12:16:34 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 718(P30CH) AMTK 723(P30CH)
Views:  1198   Comments: 0


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