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the F-40PHR 280-293

 

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. F-40 # Location & Information Date Photo Credit 
 280  Rensselear NY   Sept 19, 1979  from the
collection of
Frank Szachacz
 280  Westwood MA
Rt128		  Sept 11, 1998  Dick Leonhardt
 280 Springfield MA  Oct 31, 1999  Dick Leonhardt
 280 Framingham MA March 4, 2000   Dick Leonhardt
 280 Portland, ME
#280 is spare power for
The Downeaster		  April 16, 2002  Asa Worcester
281 Denver CO  Sept 22, 1979  John E Tudek
281 Springfield OH
pushing the X2000 		  June 1993  Jim Hebner
   281

 Chicago Union Station
  October 1999  USTRANSCOM
282 Albany OR June 15, 1983  Joseph Kubus
283 East of Rochester NY
Train 48
Lake Shore Limited		  May 27, 1978  from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
 283  Rensselear NY  June 4, 1978  from the
collection of
Frank Szachacz
 283 Salt Lake City UT  unknown  unknown
 284  Rensselear NY Sept 22, 1979  from the
collection of
Frank Szachacz
 284  Chicago Il Dec 12, 1993   Glen Beans
284 Oakland CA  July 1985  Dick Leonhardt
284 Beach Grove Shops  October 1998  Jim Hebner
 285 Dyer IN March 28, 1981 John Eagan
 286 Miami FL 
with 290 on train 1 The Sunset Limited		  April 1993 Max Mcleieer 
286  Springfield MA  Feb 4, 2001  Dick Leonhardt
287 Brookfield MA February 1997 Vic Mailloux
288 unknown  August 1985  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
288  South Holland IL Oct 25, 1993  John T Eagan Jr 
288 Westwood MA
Rt 128		 December 4, 1998  Dick Leonhardt
288 Portland ME
(This is one of the dirtiest Amtrak engines Asa has ever seen.)		  April 24, 2002  Asa Worcester
   289 Phoenix AZ  Feb 24, 1980  Dick Cambell
 289 unknown  December 1980  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
   290 Chicago IL  April 1997  Bill Hakkarinen
 291 Rennsalaer NY  April 27, 1999  Bill Hakkarinen
   291  New Haven CT  June 28, 2000  Dick Leonhardt
   291  New Haven CT  June 28, 2000  Dick Leonhardt
  291 Westwood MA
southbound Northeast Direct train
with F-40 #291 @ Route 128		    John P. Barlow
 292 Raton NM
eastbound Southwest Chief		  July 1987  Jim Hebner
 292 Albeq. NM
westbound Southwest Chief		  April 1988  Jim Hebner
293 probably Califorina  Sept 1988  RH Lehmuth
   293

293 and 311 have been leased by the Acadian Railway Company to pull their train The Acadian. They will operate between Montreal and Saint John NB through Maine. Both locos are currently en route to El Paso, Texas, where their new coat of paint will be applied.

visit their website

 March 2002  Walt Watzinger


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This archive was first accessed August 1996