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5/4/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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Dual Departure
Title:  Dual Departure
Description:  A switcher pulls a cut up towards the Ivy City yards, while an Acela train pulls out alongside, on a snowy February night.
Photo Date:  2/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/20/2017 2:20:20 AM
Location:  Washington D.C., DC
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 2000(Acela Power Car) AMTK 569(SW1001)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
Thatll Show em, 1 of 3
Title:  Thatll Show em, 1 of 3
Description:  One of Amtraks yard switchers starts off on a mission. I didnt realize it, but - as I later figured out from my photos - the driver had taken notice of me perched up on the Union Station garage...
Photo Date:  6/15/2015  Upload Date: 11/17/2015 11:59:58 PM
Location:  Washington D.C., DC
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 540(SW1500) AMTK 599(3GS21B) AMTK 569(SW1001)
Views:  493   Comments: 1
Thatll Show em, 2 of 3
Title:  Thatll Show em, 2 of 3
Description:  Whether for my amusement or his, the engineer just cuts loose with this monstrous cloud of smoke. When I got home and zoomed in the photos, I realized he was looking directly at me before he did it. I got a good laugh and probably he did too.
Photo Date:  6/15/2015  Upload Date: 11/18/2015 12:01:24 AM
Location:  Washington D.C., DC
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 599(3GS21B) AMTK 569(SW1001) AMTK 540(SW1500)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
Thatll Show em, 3 of 3
Title:  Thatll Show em, 3 of 3
Description:  A cloud of smoke covers the Union Station switching yard as Amtrak 540 rolls off to work. Parked nearby are Amtrak 599 and 569.
Photo Date:  6/15/2015  Upload Date: 11/18/2015 12:03:55 AM
Location:  Washington D.C., DC
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 540(SW1500) AMTK 569(SW1001) AMTK 599(3GS21B) AMTK 633(ACS-64)
Views:  427   Comments: 0


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