The EMD SDP40F is a cowl unit, six-axle, 3,000 hp C-C diesel–electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division from 1973 to 1974. Based on Santa Fe's EMD FP45, EMD built 150 for Amtr
EMD SDP40F No. 629 with the San Francisco Zephyr in 1978.
No. 551 at Newhall Yard in San Jose, California, with the Coast Starlight in 1975. The later SDP40Fs were distinguished from the first 40 by lower-profile cooling fans.
An EMD E8 on the Coast Starlight in 1974. Amtrak planned to replace its E-units with the SDP40F
EMD F40PHR with an SDP40F on the head of the Southwest Limited 1981. The SDP40Fs time with Amtrak was drawing to a close
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates intercity rail service in every contiguous U.S. stat
EMD SDP40F
…C-C diesel–electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) from 1973 to 1974. Based on Santa Fe's EMD FP45, EMD built 150 for Amtrak, the operator of most intercity passenger trains in the United States. Amtrak, a private company but funded by the United States government, had begun…
The Southwest Chief, one of Amtrak's long-distance trains in the Western United States, in Laguna, New Mexico
The Pennsylvania Railroad's Congressional in the 1960s
The North Coast Hiawatha near Yakima, Washington, in July 1971, an example of early Amtrak "rainbow" consists, made up of equipment still painted in the colors of various railroads
Classic Amtrak logo displayed at the Oakland – Jack London Square station, California