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Chuck Zeiler's Collection
 
5/30/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Amtrak
Model:EMD E9ABuilt As:UP 957 (E9A)
Serial Number:20494 Order No:2072
Frame Number:2072-A1Built:9/1955
Notes:ex-UP
Other locos with this serial:  AMTK 430(E9A) WSOR 10A(E9A) UP 957(E9A) WSOR 103(E9A) WSOR 522(E9A) ARR 2401(E9A) SLRG 103(E9A) ACWR 103(E9A)
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AMTK E9 430
Title:  AMTK E9 430
Description:  Amtrak E9 430 in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in May 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  5/1/1979  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 1:23:03 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 430(E9A)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
Amtrak E8 430
Title:  Amtrak E8 430
Description:  Amtrak E8 430 at about 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in May 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The single locomotive parked with the MOW equipment was Fuel Tender 400, apparently out of service.
Photo Date:  5/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/3/2014 12:50:15 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 430(E9A) AMTK 400(Fuel Tender)
Views:  1054   Comments: 0
AMTK E9 430
Title:  AMTK E9 430
Description:  Amtrak E9's 430 and 414 at about 18th Street, Chicago, Illinois on May 18, 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. In the May 1980 issue of Trains Magazine, the following was listed under the Running Extra section (pages 62-63):

May 17-18, 1980: Railfair 80 includes operation of special Vista-Dome Mississippi Zephyr Chicago/Dubuque, Iowa on Sunday. The Twentieth Century RR Club pays tribute to the disappearing dome with this special Amtrak train. Consist of E-units, Vista-Domes, Lounge car and coaches will feature all-reserved seats. Train leaves Chicago at 10:00 a.m. and returns about 9:00 p.m., operating via ICG. Photo stops and a stop in historic Galena. A special buffet dinner is available in Dubuque, only by advance resaervation. Send for your tickets now: Mississippi Zephyr $65; Sunday dinner in Dubuque $7.50.

The bridge in the background is the ICG's Saint Charles Air Line.

Photo Date:  5/18/1980  Upload Date: 3/3/2011 11:57:47 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Bridge,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 430(E9A)
Views:  453   Comments: 1
AMTK E9 430
Title:  AMTK E9 430
Description:  Amtrak E9's 430 and 414 on a fantrip on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois on May 18, 1980, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. In the May 1980 issue of Trains Magazine, the following was listed under the Running Extra section (pages 62-63):

May 17-18, 1980: Railfair 80 includes operation of special Vista-Dome Mississippi Zephyr Chicago/Dubuque, Iowa on Sunday. The Twentieth Century RR Club pays tribute to the disappearing dome with this special Amtrak train. Consist of E-units, Vista-Domes, Lounge car and coaches will feature all-reserved seats. Train leaves Chicago at 10:00 a.m. and returns about 9:00 p.m., operating via ICG. Photo stops and a stop in historic Galena. A special buffet dinner is available in Dubuque, only by advance resaervation. Send for your tickets now: Mississippi Zephyr $65; Sunday dinner in Dubuque $7.50.

Photo Date:  5/18/1980  Upload Date: 8/16/2015 6:20:01 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  AMTK 430(E9A) AMTK 414(E9A)
Views:  509   Comments: 0


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