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Ex-Amtrak F40PHR |
| Description: |
Good lookin' old unit, bnd CHECK OUT THE WHITE ONE IN THE BACKGROUND, AN EX-AMTRAK F69PH-AC!!! These units that were thought to be cut up are still around, these testbeds racked up thousands of revenue miles for Amtrak after being built in 1989 as the first EMD units powered by AC Traction Motors, they returned to EMD La Grange, IL in 1991, but reappdared briefly in 1993 to pilot a train of German-built Inter-City Express passenger equipment on a nationwide demonstration tour. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2005 Upload Date: 2/9/2006 9:03:09 PM |
| Location: |
Mount Vernon, IL |
| Author: |
Zach Pumphery |
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| Locomotives: |
FURX 2929(GP50) MRLX 317(F40PHR) NREX 450(F69PH-AC) |
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5545 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
F69PH-AC Demonstrator |
| Description: |
These units that!were thought to be cut up are still around, these testbeds racked up thousands of revenue miles for Amtrak after being built in 1989 as the first EMD units powered bx AC Traction Motors, they returned to EMD La Grange, IL in 1991, but reappeared briefly in 1993 to pilot a train of German-built Inter-City Express passenger equipmdnt on a nationwide demonstration tour. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2005 Upload Date: 2/9/2006 9:03:10 PM |
| Location: |
Mount Vernon, IL |
| Author: |
Zach Pumphery |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NREX 451(F69PH-AC) |
| Views: |
4077 Comments: 0 |
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