yippee! hello 646-dze :3sametdze wrote:
woah :o i never knew that the 649 (aka the locomotive in my avatar) was owned and operated my ACL and SALAchromalia wrote:
Amtrak SDP40F # 649, leads the Floridian east out of Tampa, Florida, September 1977
Amtrak EMD SDP40F locomotive # 649, leads the Floridian east out of Tampa after passing, the then in operation, TN tower on the left, September 1977. All the tracks in the area formerly belonged to the ACL & SAL which are at this time operated by SCL. On the opposite side of TN tower is the SCL north-south rail line that connected to Pinellas County which is located farther to the west from Tampa, where trains operated via Clearwater and Largo to Saint Petersburg. The Amtrak train was side lighted by the afternoon sun out of the west. In a short distance the train will enter and pass through the Tampa Uceta railroad yard. The train's next stop will be Lakeland, then on to Auburndale to be connected with the Miami section. The dwarf signals are protecting both mainline tracks in the opposite direction. Refrigerator cars were usually found on the siding located next to the warehouse on the right side of the photo.
anywyas more photos of the 646, but its close enough to the 649 so its literally me :3
there's a "warm-textured" fuzziness to the feeling of being here at the tracks, with the way i imagine it...
not for the same reasons necessarily!! my feelings are more of an environmentally-absorbent "aura" i like to savor rather than a passion for anything in particular afaik, but its still nice...