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Spectres in the Night, Part One
Given the number of E-units on this train, I assume this to be an Amtrak Broadway Limited. It’s getting ready to depart Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for the Midwest, and ultimately Chicago. The lead unit, an E9A, was built in 1956 as Union Pacific 907.
One image by Richard Koenig; taken March 20th 1977.
More from Harrisburg
Here are a couple of Es sitting at the station in Harrisburg. Since they’re pointing eastward, I imagine that they’ve come off the National Limited and will need turning before they head back toward the Midwest on return.
Number 447 is an ex-Pennsylvania E8A that was built in 1952. (Someone told me the hooks on the nose are a give-away to this fact, though I think at least one other road had them.) I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking that E-units look darn good in Phase I.
Two photographs by Richard Koenig; taken March 20th 1977.
