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Amtrak's Niagara Rainbow is shown in Fort Erie, about to cross the International Bridge from Canada into the USA in September of 1978. An old pair of well-worn EMD E-units are today's power, typical of the early Amtrak-era equipment that was mainly hand-me-down locomotives and passenger cars from railroads wanting out of the passenger train business.
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Caption: Amtrak's Niagara Rainbow is shown in Fort Erie, about to cross the International Bridge from Canada into the USA in September of 1978. An old pair of well-worn EMD E-units are today's power, typical of the early Amtrak-era equipment that was mainly hand-me-down locomotives and passenger cars from railroads wanting out of the passenger train business.

Photographer:
Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date: September 1978 (search)
Railway: Amtrak (search)
Reporting Marks: AMTK 433 (search)
Train Symbol: Amtrak Niagara Rainbow (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Fort Erie - CR CASO Sub (search)
City/Town: Fort Erie (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. smithgl
    May 3, 2017 at 12:31 pm

    Great shot – almost incomprehensible now!

    Also amazing that a 7-year-old paint job could look that bad!

  2. PacificPaul
    May 3, 2017 at 5:11 pm

    You could call them the “Rat Rods” of the train world :)

  3. DoctaPinklaces
    May 3, 2017 at 6:05 pm

    These paint jobs make modern CP look gold coated
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