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Owner: Amtrak
Model:EMD FP7ABuilt As:SP 6453 (FP7A)
Serial Number:18137Order No:3160
Frame Number:3160-A8Built:2/1953
Notes:Ex-AMTK 376, AMTK 116, SP 6453
Other locos with this serial:  SP 6453(FP7A) AMTK 492(FP7A) AMTK 116(FP7A)
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AMTK 493
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)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
AMTK 492
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)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
AMTK 492
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)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
Time Express
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)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Did you catch my good side?
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)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
Now Arriving on Track 12, The "Time Express"
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)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
Back to work
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)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
AMTK 492
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)
Views:  595   Comments: 0
AMTK 492
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:  762   Comments: 2


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