Passenger Trains > The Goings And Comings Of Amtrak Train KN720

The last two Sunday mornings have featured  train KN720, and Amtrak 744
in the new Phase 7 paint. All photos in Philadelphia, at SEPTA's Holmesburg Station.

1. Trailing in a lite engine mov to Philly.
2,3 LHF with 15 loaded ballast for Philadelphia

Not necessarily spectacular, but certainly something a bit different along the Corridor.

Enjoy, 
John R
.https://www.flickr.com/photos/twenty17teen/
 

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Is Amtrak 744 a GP40 or maybe a GP40-2. The blue color looks like a FEC (Florida East Coast) paint color.
Robert in Island City Oregon 

Great pictures.  Out here in "flyover country" we are not accustomed to seeing clean Amtrak diesel motive power.

Nice pics!! I like Pic 1!!

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CR900945 Wrote:
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> Great pictures.  Out here in "flyover country" we
> are not accustomed to seeing clean Amtrak diesel
> motive power.

Amtrak's road switchers / yard switchers often look cleaner to me than the road power.  Maybe the assigned crews get them to the wash racks more frequently?

8notch Wrote:
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> Is Amtrak 744 a GP40 or maybe a GP40-2. The blue
> color looks like a FEC (Florida East Coast) paint
> color.
> Robert in Island City Oregon 

The blue is part of the Phase VII paint scheme this locomotive is painted in. It is not left over from a previous owner.

PHall Wrote:
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> 8notch Wrote:
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> > Is Amtrak 744 a GP40 or maybe a GP40-2. The
> blue
> > color looks like a FEC (Florida East Coast)
> paint
> > color.
> > Robert in Island City Oregon 
>
> The blue is part of the Phase VII paint scheme
> this locomotive is painted in. It is not left over
> from a previous owner.

I think that is a GP38-2

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

Nice pictures! Word is these are a group of GP38-3's rebuilds by Progress Rail in Mayfield, KY (?). I hear they are replacing the MP15 500 series units. I believe there was a post awhile back about them. The horns are extremely loud on these!:-0

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These Amtrak units show up occasionally in transit on CSX at Deshler OH

SNY1337 Wrote:
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> Nice pictures! Word is these are a group of
> GP38-3's rebuilds by Progress Rail in Mayfield, KY
> (?). I hear they are replacing the MP15 500 series
> units. I believe there was a post awhile back
> about them. The horns are extremely loud on
> these!:-0
>
> Posted from Android

Be nice if Amtrak could contract out some of the rebuilds and refurbs that are needed for revenue passenger equipment at Beech Grove. Lake Shore and Empire Builder in my May travels reached sold out status on various portions of the trip, sleepers in particularly. And that's with three full sleepers on the Empire Builder (and Lake Shore) including revenue space being sold in the Empire Builder's Superliner Trans-Dorm Sleeper....

Amtrak does not contract out rehab of equipment due to union restrictions.  These new locomotive form Progress Rail were "bought rebuilt", as such they are equivalent to buying a new locomotive.