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A white Amtrak switcher numbered 794 and a striped Amtrak car with graffiti seen through the riveted diagonal members of a rusted truss bridge, with moored boats and ducks on the river below. — Download original ↓

c. 1996 to 2005

Amtrak switcher 794 moving Amtrak car 1422 across a rusted steel truss bridge over a river where pleasure boats are moored.

Date: c. 1996 to 2005Estimated from the photograph; no date was written on the print.
Vehicle: Diesel locomotive, Freight car
Operator: Amtrak
Equipment: EMD, Material Handling Car
Fleet numbers: Amtrak 794, Amtrak 1422

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1990s 2000s Summer

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