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CNJGeep wrote:

DutchRailnut wrote:all 4 have been stored since late 2013

This is incorrect, as I have in my records 4802 leading an ACL train in February of 2014, and there is a photo online of the 4801 leading an MMC shop move in November of 2014.

Oh boy, lovely. Serial HEP inverter problems now for the HSPs?

DutchRailnut wrote:ehh no, heading from Wilmington to Ivy yard for service

Tom6921 wrote:I wonder if the RR Museum of PA or any other museum would be interested in obtaining an HHP-8 if one was offered?

P42 #1, #621, #635, #609, #643, #604, all heading for the shop.

Jaap's going to kill me for bringing it into this thread, but I'm partially agreeing with what he's said in the past. With diesel sets going to the Hartford line, why not just do what CtDOT does best and pick up some cast-offs that run under the wire, i.e. AEM-7 toasters? As Jaap has pointed out el...

SRich wrote:Are al the AEM-7 leased or does Amtrak own some units?

Saw them for myself earlier, while on other business that led me by the yard... very nice cars.

At least they're fighting it now rather than putting the cars in service and trying to fix the problem later. They are putting plenty of these in service with "problems". Things they know about but wont affect their operation. They will address them later. I imagine the logic of the cars ...

Oops, didnt realize how badly I got away from myself there 1050, sorry. Last im saying on that topic.

yes, between this one and the ACE train that ended up in the water, id say two very lucky outcomes. this train derailed i think doing 70 or so mph.

Well ThirdRails little countdown points to Tomorrow as the day something is supposed to happen

she runs, but from what I was told, she still has a minor issue with one traction motor being disabled, once that is rectified, I dont know if it will have any testing performed on it before it goes back in service, I imagine since its been down for nearly a year, a WAS-NYP-WAS test is in order at t...

As of this morning, 3/7 in Readville alone, there are 16 various visible coaches OOS in the yard, IDK how many are inside the building itself (3 tracks able to hold 6 cars if full)...it is looking to be like last summer again As for the incident in Mansfield, the accident occurred approximately 50 ...