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3/3/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Elk hunting
Title:  Elk hunting
Description:  Amtrak #4 eastbound 7 hours and 30 minutes late. Note splatter on nose of engine and animal head on right cowcatcher.
Photo Date:  7/12/2017  Upload Date: 7/12/2017 4:57:26 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 6(P42DC)
Views:  130   Comments: 2
Elk head
Title:  Elk head
Description:  Amtrak engine 6 wearing an elk head on its front cowcatcher. Or should I say 'elkcatcher'.
Photo Date:  7/12/2017  Upload Date: 7/12/2017 4:58:45 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 6(P42DC)
Views:  161   Comments: 1
Elk hood ornament
Title:  Elk hood ornament
Description:  After stopping in Newton, Amtrak #4 heading east with elk head still attached to right bumper.
Photo Date:  7/12/2017  Upload Date: 7/12/2017 5:00:01 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 6(P42DC)
Views:  154   Comments: 1
7 hours late
Title:  7 hours late
Description:  BNSF 5483 pulls the Amtrak train #3. No word on the problem with Amtrak engines #16 & #91.
Photo Date:  1/9/2015  Upload Date: 1/18/2015 5:34:58 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5483(C44-9W) AMTK 16(P42DC) AMTK 91(P42DC)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Peek between the containers.
Title:  Peek between the containers.
Description:  The intermodal pass obscures the Amtrak tain except for a peek between the low containers.
Photo Date:  1/9/2015  Upload Date: 1/18/2015 5:38:02 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5483(C44-9W) AMTK 16(P42DC) AMTK 91(P42DC)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
Amtrak P096: Ashland Train Day 2016
Title:  Amtrak P096: Ashland Train Day 2016
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 11/12/2016 10:49:02 AM
Location:  Ashland, VA
Author:  VCTrailfan15 productions
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 81(P42DC)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
Coming into Newton
Title:  Coming into Newton
Description:  Here is a rare sight in Newton, the Amtrak during daylight hours. Its scheduled arrival is 3:00AM.
Photo Date:  1/6/2014  Upload Date: 1/7/2014 8:11:44 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 824(P40DC) AMTK 85(P42DC)
Views:  169   Comments: 1
Passengers for SW Chief
Title:  Passengers for SW Chief
Description:  One of the great things about riding the train from Newton. You can drive right up to the boarding platform. The only drawback is its scheduled west bound stop is 3:00AM! This train is over 8 hours late due to the extreme cold in Chicago & the country!.
Photo Date:  1/6/2014  Upload Date: 1/7/2014 8:15:26 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 824(P40DC) AMTK 85(P42DC)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
Amtrak 114
Title:  Amtrak 114
Description:  Amtrak 114 at Pauls Valley. The evening run of the Heartland Flyer from Ft. Worth, TX to Oklahoma City, OK.
Photo Date:  7/27/2011  Upload Date: 8/20/2011 11:53:55 AM
Location:  Pauls Valley, OK
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 114(P42DC)
Views:  159   Comments: 0
Amtrak departing
Title:  Amtrak departing
Description:  Amtrak 116 pulls out of Pauls Valley, OK. It pulls just 4 cars, but has a DPU dash-8 on the other end for easy back and forth movement.
Photo Date:  7/27/2011  Upload Date: 8/20/2011 11:59:31 AM
Location:  Pauls Valley, OK
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 114(P42DC) AMTK 500(B32-8WH)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
Special Amtrak
Title:  Special Amtrak
Description:  Martnna McBride is traveling the county pulled by 3 engines coupled to 6 passenger cars.
Photo Date:  10/11/2011  Upload Date: 10/11/2011 10:58:04 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 130(P42DC)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
Arriving Newton
Title:  Arriving Newton
Description:  Amtrak train #4 arriving on track one in Newton...9 hours late.
Photo Date:  3/3/2015  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 7:53:36 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 171(P42DC)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
Amtrak train #4 leaving Newton.
Title:  Amtrak train #4 leaving Newton.
Description:  Amtrak train #4 leaving Newton after an 8 minute stop. It is 9 hours behind schedule, but lucky for me...I took this over my lunch break.
Photo Date:  3/3/2015  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 7:57:00 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 171(P42DC) AMTK 199(P42DC)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
Amtrak engine 171
Title:  Amtrak engine 171
Description:  Amtrak train #4 eastbound from Newton. Next stop, Topeka Kansas.
Photo Date:  3/3/2015  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 8:00:02 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 171(P42DC)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Amtrak encounter
Title:  Amtrak encounter
Description:  After arriving 12 hours late, the engineer and conductor examine the side of the lead engine that struck a deer/cow on the track. The train arrived in Newton 12 hours late.
Photo Date:  6/13/2011  Upload Date: 6/14/2011 10:11:44 AM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 177(P42DC)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
Amtrak rerouted
Title:  Amtrak rerouted
Description:  The engineer scrambles to get the Southwest Chief back on schedule. The train was rerouted through Amarillo, TX and arrived in Newton on the Ark City sub 12 hours late. The cause of the reroute was wildfires in SE Colorado and NW New Mexico.
Photo Date:  6/13/2011  Upload Date: 6/14/2011 10:18:22 AM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 177(P42DC)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
Amtrak damage on the Southwest Chief
Title:  Amtrak damage on the Southwest Chief
Description:  The splattered remains of a train/animal incident.
Photo Date:  6/13/2011  Upload Date: 6/14/2011 10:14:01 AM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 177(P42DC)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
Amtrak 179
Title:  Amtrak 179
Description:  What can I say, another Amtrak 8 hours late. Works for me, its the only time I can photograph it!
Photo Date:  11/18/2015  Upload Date: 12/3/2015 10:56:47 AM
Location:  Walton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 179(P42DC)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
SW Chief #4
Title:  SW Chief #4
Description:  SW Chief running in the daylight into Newton.
Photo Date:  7/2/2015  Upload Date: 7/2/2015 9:40:34 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 191(P42DC)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Green light
Title:  Green light
Description:  Amtrak SW Chief #4 underway. Next stop, Topeka, KS...only 7 hrs and 51 minutes late.
Photo Date:  7/2/2015  Upload Date: 7/2/2015 9:46:59 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 191(P42DC)
Views:  142   Comments: 0


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