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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jul 28 13:25:38 2012, in response to Re: Amtrak's ACS-64, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jul 28 09:38:42 2012. 25 years is damn good for a passenger diesel, plus look at the mileage they racked up!My statement that the F40PH saved Amtrak is based on this: before them the SDP40's were disasters as they had problems staying on the rail. The F40PH was not meant to be a long distance locomotive, but they performed so handsomely they were used successfully long distance. Amtrak had no choice but to use them long distance. After the first ones came in, some SDP40's were traded in and parts used to create some F40PH. That's how I remember it playing out from the early days of Amtrak. |
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