Nostalgia & History > Lake Shore Limited 45 Years Ago

November 28, 1975 I was riding the Lake Shore Limited #49 from Syracuse to Chicago. Here at the station stop in Elkhart, IN with SDP40F 596. Doing a circle trip from Syracuse to Chicago, then a ride on the new French Turboliner to Detroit. A short overnight in Detroit and returning to Syracuse on the Niagara Rainbow.

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Nice Amtrak from back in the day. That would have been and interesting circle trip.

Interesting that even though it is The Water Level Route, that there is only one locomotive on this day.

Old Conrail RR Elkart, IN based passenger train and engine crews worked to and from Chicago.

Very nice with the SDP40F.
Gary

Topfuel Wrote:
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> Interesting that even though it is The Water Level
> Route, that there is only one locomotive on this
> day.

The Lake Shore had only been back in business for about a month at that time.  Amtrak's initial practice was to run a single SDP40F Boston to Chicago.  By the summer of 1976, single E units had taken over 448/449, and the combined train west of Albany was getting two 3000HP units, either SDPs, P30CHs, or one of each.

Dave

PCCRNSEngr Wrote:
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> November 28, 1975 I was riding the Lake Shore
> Limited #49 from Syracuse to Chicago. Here at the
> station stop in Elkhart, IN with SDP40F 596. Doing
> a circle trip from Syracuse to Chicago, then a
> ride on the new French Turboliner to Detroit. A
> short overnight in Detroit and returning to
> Syracuse on the Niagara Rainbow.

So if I understand correctly, the Lake Shore Limited was stopped long enough for you to get off the train, go to the front to get the photo and get back on?  Interesting, I didn't realize the Lake Shore Limited stopped long enough in Elkhart for anyone to get such a photo.

Thanks for sharing.  I always enjoy seeing SDP40F photographs.

I think the 11:47 posting indicated a crew change which would explain why there was time to take a picture.