Dave

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UB44
 

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42 is always the answer.......
 

Dave

PS - Should we clue in the others?
 

Best wishes
 

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Originally posted by dnsommer:
Are there any Amtrak locos numbered 42?

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You'll have to build an even bigger computer to figure that out.
 

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peanut nostril, happy clam.
Troz!
Despite what DA writes, in fact, 207 is the answer to everything in the universe, but I'm the only person to have received knowledge of this until now by my good space alien friends.

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Now I know I'm not the only one. I can rest tonight.

Dave
 

P42DC number 42:

And here is an older number 207, an ex-B&O E8.

I will never tire of E8s, in any livery. Too bad they're all gone. It would be nice if new locos were be given a similar appearance.

Dave Sommer
 

Here's a question: Do Amtrak locos travel all over the system as needed, or are they assigned specific routes? Hope this question doesn't seem dumb to you roster-farians.

See, I just like riding trains. Kinda never got into the technical aspects.

Dave
 

dnsommer, that question is worthy of another topic, but here's an answer anyway.
Yes.
The only train with an assigned locomotive pool, provided they can keep them on the rails and not lit on fire, is the Coast Starlight. The Auto Train seems to keep ahold of some P40s which may or may not have been modified for that service, but it's not set in stone.
101-111 are labeled for NEC work but they go on any train.
For example, P42DC #207 (where are you, my dear???) was in service over the summer on Michigan service trains (March), the Empire Builder (April, May, August), the Lakeshore Limited (June 16 and 17), the City of New Orleans (Help, RR?) and in Boston backup service (September 24).
Engines are traditionally assigned to a maintenance base (New Haven/Boston/Rensselaer, DC, Hialeah, LA, New Orleans, Chicago) but lately the power goes on the front of the trains.

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March 29, 1976-August 17, 2001
Requisecat in pacis

P42DC #53063
Around 2.5 million miles to go
 

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Trust Jesus,Ride Amtrak.