AMTRAK E- UNIT 436 STOPS AT THE STATION WITH THE EASTBOUND LAKESHORE LIMITED #48 TRAIN - CLEVELAND, OHIO - MARCH 31, 1978
Being in the eastern Midwest has always meant Amtrak trains are usually in the dark, if they are on time. Here, in this encore Flickr posted image for "F-unit Friday", we have two F-unit big brothers stopping with the eastbound Lakeshore Limited around 11:30 PM. At some point in 1977-78, problems with the new power caused Amtrak to do a "time machine" move and put older power back into primary use again. This of course, met with approval of the railfans as it put the old machines back into the lead more often than not. And I guess if it kept the trains moving, it should have been good for Amtrak too. Unit 436, a 1952 built E-8A, look's cool in this paint scheme version, although it probably looked even better in it's original Illinois Central paint.
On a sidenote, this is right on the Conrail mainline, former NYC and PC mainline. And we are two years into Conrail doing big time track rebuilding, but notice the eastbound main in the foreground? One can only imagine how it must have looked a few years earlier before Conrail started repairs. So far removed now from the pre-Conrail years, it's sometimes hard to imagine and recall just how bad things really looked around here before 1976.
AMTRAK E- UNIT 436 STOPS AT THE STATION WITH THE EASTBOUND LAKESHORE LIMITED #48 TRAIN - CLEVELAND, OHIO - MARCH 31, 1978
Being in the eastern Midwest has always meant Amtrak trains are usually in the dark, if they are on time. Here, in this encore Flickr posted image for "F-unit Friday", we have two F-unit big brothers stopping with the eastbound Lakeshore Limited around 11:30 PM. At some point in 1977-78, problems with the new power caused Amtrak to do a "time machine" move and put older power back into primary use again. This of course, met with approval of the railfans as it put the old machines back into the lead more often than not. And I guess if it kept the trains moving, it should have been good for Amtrak too. Unit 436, a 1952 built E-8A, look's cool in this paint scheme version, although it probably looked even better in it's original Illinois Central paint.
On a sidenote, this is right on the Conrail mainline, former NYC and PC mainline. And we are two years into Conrail doing big time track rebuilding, but notice the eastbound main in the foreground? One can only imagine how it must have looked a few years earlier before Conrail started repairs. So far removed now from the pre-Conrail years, it's sometimes hard to imagine and recall just how bad things really looked around here before 1976.