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| Title: |
AMTK 493 |
| Description: |
The numbers on these two ex-SP FP7As look cobbled together from other numbers. John C. Benson photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/1978 Upload Date: 10/9/2022 1:43:23 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Bay State Model Railroad Museum |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 493(FP7A) AMTK 492(FP7A) |
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184 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 492 |
| Description: |
AMTK 492 |
| Photo Date: |
12/29/1978 Upload Date: 2/9/2019 5:51:51 PM |
| Location: |
Portland, OR |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 492(FP7A) |
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240 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 492 |
| Description: |
AMTK 492 |
| Photo Date: |
12/29/1978 Upload Date: 2/9/2019 5:52:05 PM |
| Location: |
Portland, OR |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 492(FP7A) AMTK 464(E8A) |
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379 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Time Express |
| Description: |
This bizarrely-colored and cladded locomotive was actually Amtrak FP7A no. 492 dressed up for TV. It starred in the Vincent Price vehicle (heh) "Time Express", which was cancelled in 1979 after only 4 episodes had aired. You can find out more about this particular engine in this TrainOrders thread (more threads are linked in this one too): https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,1291718 . You can find out more about the show itself here: https://www.cancelledscifi.com/2021/05/01/sci-fi-tv-obscurities-time-express-1979/ . Steve Gartner photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1979 Upload Date: 10/9/2022 12:27:27 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Steve Gartner |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 492(FP7A) |
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226 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Did you catch my good side? |
| Description: |
Only one side of Amtrak FP7A no. 492 needed the gold paint and cladding for its short-lived role on TV. The fireman's side behind the cab was plain-old Amtrak. This loco starred in the Vincent Price vehicle (heh) "Time Express", which was cancelled in 1979 after only 4 episodes had aired. You can find out more about this particular engine in this TrainOrders thread (more threads are linked in this one too): https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,1291718 . You can find out more about the show itself here: https://www.cancelledscifi.com/2021/05/01/sci-fi-tv-obscurities-time-express-1979/ . Steve Gartner photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1979 Upload Date: 10/9/2022 12:39:33 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Steve Gartner |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 492(FP7A) |
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205 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Now Arriving on Track 12, The "Time Express" |
| Description: |
This bizarrely-colored and cladded locomotive was actually Amtrak FP7A no. 492 dressed up for TV. It starred in the Vincent Price vehicle (heh) "Time Express", which was cancelled in 1979 after only 4 episodes had aired. You can find out more about this particular engine in this TrainOrders thread (more threads are linked in this one too): https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,1291718 . You can find out more about the show itself here: https://www.cancelledscifi.com/2021/05/01/sci-fi-tv-obscurities-time-express-1979/ . Steve Gartner photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1979 Upload Date: 10/9/2022 1:59:42 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Steve Gartner |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 492(FP7A) |
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176 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Back to work |
| Description: |
No day written on slide, so date is approximate. Russell Eslick photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1979 Upload Date: 10/9/2022 1:39:35 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Russell Eslick |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 492(FP7A) |
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190 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 492 |
| Description: |
The last two FP7s on the Amtrak roster wait out their final days in Los Angeles. |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/1980 Upload Date: 12/13/2013 9:51:00 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 492(FP7A) |
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586 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 492 |
| Description: |
AMTK 492 was delivered as SP 6453 in February 1953, then sold to Amtrak to become AMTK 116, later renumbered to AMTK 376, and finally retired by Amtrak as AMTK 492 in October 1982. |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/1980 Upload Date: 12/13/2013 9:51:49 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 492(FP7A) |
| Views: |
755 Comments: 2 |
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