| At 1:00 PM on Tuesday 18 January 1977 a trio of Amtrak SDP40F units - 582, 595 and 588 - was about to pull out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with the 18-car PEANUT SPECIAL. All of the train's trucks and underbody had just received a coat of fresh black paint at NOUPT. The train was made up of three coaches, four sleepers, a piano-lounge car, a full diner, a kitchen-dormitory car, a sleeper-lounge and seven more sleepers. It deadheaded to Plains, Georgia via the L&N and SCL so it could bring supporters of Jimmy Carter to his presidential inauguration in Washington on 20 January. After the inauguration it returned to Plains and then deadheaded back to New Orleans behind the 643, 588 and 595. |
| Date:
1/18/1977 |
Location:
New Orleans, LA Map  |
Views:
321 |
Collection Of:
 
Michael Palmieri |
| Locomotives: |
Author: PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
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| Picture Categories: Station,Passenger |
This picture is part of album: PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. |