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AMTK 34 |
| Description: |
RDC-2 #34 southbound at Meadow Rd. in the Wilson section of Windsor. |
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8/11/1978 Upload Date: 11/29/2005 10:03:22 AM |
| Location: |
Windsor, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) |
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| Title: |
AMTK 34 |
| Description: |
The 34 and partner pause at Thompsonville depot on their way to Springfield. Old Bigelow Carpet mills at right. |
| Photo Date: |
1/30/1979 Upload Date: 11/28/2005 9:52:01 AM |
| Location: |
Enfield, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) |
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950 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 34 |
| Description: |
Pair of RDC-2's depart Windsor southward. |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1979 Upload Date: 11/28/2005 10:32:07 AM |
| Location: |
Windsor, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) |
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897 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 34 |
| Description: |
A "pair of deuces", RDC-2's northbound at Windsor. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/1980 Upload Date: 11/28/2005 6:02:15 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) |
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858 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK train 403 |
| Description: |
Train 403 southbound at the flood control dike in the north end of Hartford. Four years later, those gates would be closed, as the second highest recorded flood on the Connecticut River occured on June 1, 1984. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1980 Upload Date: 11/11/2005 7:07:54 PM |
| Location: |
Hartford, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 20(RDC1) AMTK 34(RDC2) |
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1382 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 34 |
| Description: |
Train 402 northbound (l-r) crossing the Farmington River on the 1869 stone arch bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/1980 Upload Date: 11/14/2005 5:31:41 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 14(RDC1) |
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1067 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The old and the new |
| Description: |
...and the old is DEFINITELY the better of the two. The RDC was still racking up miles after almost 30 years, the SPV's would become known as "Seldom Powered Vehicles", for good reason, within months of going into service. |
| Photo Date: |
6/3/1980 Upload Date: 11/18/2005 7:36:11 PM |
| Location: |
Springfield, MA |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 992(SPV-2000) AMTK 993(SPV-2000) |
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1850 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 34 |
| Description: |
RDC "Deuce" 34 at Springfield. The 34, origionally NYC M-480, was the only RDC-2 the NYC owned. |
| Photo Date: |
6/3/1980 Upload Date: 11/18/2005 7:38:41 PM |
| Location: |
Springfield, MA |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) |
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923 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Duke and the Dutchess" |
| Description: |
Running as train 403, RDC's 34 and 36 split the signals at Midian Ave. These were the last pair of active Amtrak RDC's, operating into 1985, and got the nickname then. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1980 Upload Date: 11/14/2005 5:33:30 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 36(RDC2) |
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1049 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 34 |
| Description: |
Train 402 hurries northward out of Quarry Jct and is about to pass beneath the Hicks Ave. overhead. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/1980 Upload Date: 11/22/2005 10:20:15 AM |
| Location: |
Meriden, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 18(RDC1) |
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894 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Duke and the Dutchess |
| Description: |
The 34 was the only RDC-2 with the three-chime horn. They're rounding the curve at the north end of the Windsor Locks station |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1983 Upload Date: 11/28/2005 6:03:39 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor Locks, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 36(RDC2) AMTK 34(RDC2) |
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1133 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Duke & Dutchess |
| Description: |
RDC-2's 36 and 34 depart Windsor Locks as train 495. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1984 Upload Date: 12/19/2005 12:54:50 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor Locks, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) |
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691 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The "Duke & the Dutchess" |
| Description: |
The last two RDC's to see regular Amtrak service head north along the canal in Windsor Locks as train 450. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1985 Upload Date: 7/5/2006 8:17:26 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor Locks, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 36(RDC2) |
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797 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The "Duke & the Dutchess" |
| Description: |
The last two RDC's to see regular Amtrak service head north along the canal in Windsor Locks as train 450. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1985 Upload Date: 7/5/2006 8:20:15 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor Locks, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 36(RDC2) |
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1014 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The "Duke and the Dutchess" |
| Description: |
Amtrak's last two operational RDC's depart Berlin northbound. They would finish out the year before retiring. The 36, ex NH 121, went to Alaska, along with sister NH car, AMTK 15. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1985 Upload Date: 11/25/2005 4:07:36 PM |
| Location: |
Berlin, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 36(RDC2) |
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958 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
12:27, AMTK 498 |
| Description: |
Amtrak's last two operational RDC's, the "Duke and the Dutchess", arrive in Windsor as train 498. The Budds survive in Alaska, but sadly, that big Elm tree is gone. |
| Photo Date: |
5/25/1985 Upload Date: 7/25/2006 2:39:29 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, CT |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 36(RDC2) AMTK 34(RDC2) |
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1169 Comments: 1 |
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