by Engineer James
I was hoping to get a responce from up in general dicussion, but I guess not. Well, my grandfather worked for the B&O/NYC/Penn Central/Conrail era on the Toledo/Detroit Subdivision in Michigan. Any way there is a picture of him and one of his buddies on this locomotive #1457 (Still in B&O Colors). Now, I contacted the Amtrak Historical Society and the gentle man who wrote me back said that the locomotive had never been painted amtrak colors. Well, here is a roster from August 1990, which says other wise...
RR # Type Builder B/N B/D Ex-RR #
AMTRAK 403 E9A EMD 20380 5/55 B&O 1457
And here are pictures from off the web of the Locomotive in regular colors:
http://hebners.net/amtrak/amtODD/bo1457.jpg -Visit the Site!
and in Amtrak Colors:
http://adsl-69-213-240-177.dsl.dytnoh.a ... amt403.jpg - Visit the Site!
Could any of you help me with this information:
What happened to it?? Scrapped??
When did it last operate??
Who was the Final crew aboard and who did they work for??
RR # Type Builder B/N B/D Ex-RR #
AMTRAK 403 E9A EMD 20380 5/55 B&O 1457
And here are pictures from off the web of the Locomotive in regular colors:
http://hebners.net/amtrak/amtODD/bo1457.jpg -Visit the Site!
and in Amtrak Colors:
http://adsl-69-213-240-177.dsl.dytnoh.a ... amt403.jpg - Visit the Site!
Could any of you help me with this information:
What happened to it?? Scrapped??
When did it last operate??
Who was the Final crew aboard and who did they work for??