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Title: Amtrak Floridian at Bloomington
Post by: Joe Land on September 04, 2012, 03:56:44 pm

Southbound Floridian behind L&N #2811, Bloomington,IN. March 24,1977.
Chuck Austin engineer.
Bill Schnaiter collection.

Title: Re: Amtrak Floridian at Bloomington
Post by: Rick Berg on September 05, 2012, 05:50:08 am

That is an interesting photo.

Title: Re: Amtrak Floridian at Bloomington
Post by: Walker McCulloch on September 05, 2012, 07:35:56 am

Curiosity has got me.  Realize it is 35 years post-photo, but wondering the reason the L & N unit is on the lead?  Did that tired old Amtrak E unit give it up?

Title: Re: Amtrak Floridian at Bloomington
Post by: Heath Matthias on September 05, 2012, 08:36:58 am

wow, that Amtrak E unit looks terrible.  Amtrak wasn't pretty in the late 1970s...

Title: Re: Amtrak Floridian at Bloomington
Post by: Tom Kepshire on September 05, 2012, 12:54:34 pm

I remember seeing one of the Amtraks come through and the locomotive looked like it wouldn't finish the trip. Yes, back then they looked really bad.

Title: Re: Amtrak Floridian at Bloomington
Post by: Ron Marquardt on September 05, 2012, 02:01:01 pm

Obviously this one didn't finish the trip or they wouldn't have put an L&N engine on the head end.  LOL,  / Ron