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  • čas přidán 5. 01. 2021
  • The F69PHAC is yet another experimental locomotive for Amtrak. It was America's first AC traction diesel locomotive and would be a big stepping stone for future locomotive development. While not incredibly well documented compared to other locomotives in this series, there's still a bit to learn about regarding the F69, especially its experience running with the German ICE train-set!
    Sorry that this episode was a bit short, there wasn't really a ton of information available and pictures/videos I could use without copyright issues were few and far between. Either way, I hope you still enjoyed!
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Komentáře • 335

  • @CoasterFan2105
    @CoasterFan2105 Před 3 lety +183

    Very interesting video! One cool and little known bit of history is that prior to the construction of the F69's, Amtrak/Siemens rebuilt F40 number 202 with AC traction following a derailment in 1984. It's currently at TTCI. Looking forward to the new Acela Express episode!

  • @hamtrak_p42dcamtrak67
    @hamtrak_p42dcamtrak67 Před 3 lety +154

    So THIS is the first time Amtrak had talks with Simens

  • @ThatColumbusRailfan
    @ThatColumbusRailfan Před 3 lety +23

    1:08 i see that person saying "nice" in the top right you sneaky F40.

    • @JoyceLund
      @JoyceLund Před 3 lety +3

      I think that's yuri from ddlc

  • @mexicanussrfanboy5485
    @mexicanussrfanboy5485 Před 3 lety +4

    Can we just appreciate how "funny" the thumbnail is, it's just too perfect...

  • @jacksonskyline
    @jacksonskyline Před 3 lety +98

    I've always wanted to learn more about the F69

  • @RiftRaft_
    @RiftRaft_ Před 3 lety +14

    Can't wait for the Acela episode

  • @HSMiyamoto
    @HSMiyamoto Před 3 lety +6

    I had never heard of an F69, but once I saw the Metra unit, I knew what it resembled. Thanks for the info.

  • @harrisonofcolorado8886
    @harrisonofcolorado8886 Před 3 lety +57

    1:08 There's an anime girl saying nice at the top right hand corner.

  • @griffinrails
    @griffinrails Před 3 lety +12

    These will always be my favourite Amtrak locomotives. IT JUST LOOKS SO COOL!

  • @ScottsRailroadVideos
    @ScottsRailroadVideos Před 3 lety +12

    NRE still have one of the F69's in their yard. but havent run since.
    last one was seen in 2019

  • @warshipguy2005
    @warshipguy2005 Před 3 lety +20

    The last time I was this early... oh wait this is the earliest I have been

  • @Ostermond
    @Ostermond Před 3 lety +9

    I always thought this engine was really cool-looking!

  • @joshbrony2204
    @joshbrony2204 Před 3 lety +8

    Yay! I wanted to know more about these engines! Thanks for reviewing this engine!

  • @iowarailfanner1013
    @iowarailfanner1013 Před 3 lety +10

    I really thought it would be another long one this one was short so it felt more like one of those CZcams short videos

  • @evanf1293
    @evanf1293 Před 3 lety +2

    5:16 yessssssssssssssssss. Can't wait to see it!!!!!

  • @RichManSCTV0
    @RichManSCTV0 Před 3 lety +1

    Watching this video at 3 am, it has been a really long day, bad day. Thank you for your great content. You rock

  • @Pensyfan19
    @Pensyfan19 Před 3 lety +5

    Great episode on this little known class! A bit short, but still great with other references to the time period (Super Mario World for 1991). Not a fan of the horns, but at least they're not as bad as the Avelia Liberty's original horn.

  • @diazadventures5118
    @diazadventures5118 Před 3 lety +1

    yes, finally i was waiting to see or hear if you were gonna remake the Acela express video

  • @Upguy-tj3gv
    @Upguy-tj3gv Před 3 lety +1

    I loved this as always! Keep up the great work!

  • @willberestartingthischanne9984

    I Loved The Amtrak EMD F69PHAC Locomotive

  • @rileyludlow961
    @rileyludlow961 Před 3 lety +1

    I really like all amtrak trains, so I loved this and exited for the acela

  • @gabeich2839
    @gabeich2839 Před 3 lety +2

    Yay another one

  • @1SaUI
    @1SaUI Před 3 lety +14

    me when I see amtrakguy365 upload an engines of amtrak video: 6 9

    • @griffinrails
      @griffinrails Před 3 lety +2

      im so confused as well as scared as what this implies

    • @1SaUI
      @1SaUI Před 3 lety

      @Steven Huo yo

    • @felixjackson534
      @felixjackson534 Před 3 lety

      @@griffinrails nice

    • @1SaUI
      @1SaUI Před 3 lety

      @Wesley Maxfield hehe surprised are you? I like the best of both worlds :D

    • @YaoboyProd2K15
      @YaoboyProd2K15 Před 3 lety

      Nice

  • @YaoboyProd2K15
    @YaoboyProd2K15 Před 2 lety +1

    The nicest diesel locomotive of all time.

  • @NScaleTrainBoy
    @NScaleTrainBoy Před 3 lety +1

    What an interesting Locomotive! Love your videos!!

  • @GintaPPE1000
    @GintaPPE1000 Před 2 lety +1

    I hope these engines get more recognition as Amtrak buys more Siemens products. The AC drive technology improved a lot in the 25 years between the F69PHAC and SC-44, but it's still the same basic drive system, and more importantly, it got Siemens' foot in the door of the North American locomotive business.

  • @ravenhawk6910
    @ravenhawk6910 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for doing a video on this oddball of an engine. I'm slowly working on building an F69 in O scale for my Amtrak fleet.

    • @ravenhawk6910
      @ravenhawk6910 Před 3 lety

      @NorCal Railfan Productions shoot! I've been spotted!!!
      Tactical retreat! HIDE HIDE HIDE!!!

  • @ironcityrailfan8467
    @ironcityrailfan8467 Před 3 lety +2

    Hooray!

  • @PhillyThrill
    @PhillyThrill Před 3 lety +1

    Ive never seen this train! So thats cool

  • @chafanonash3418
    @chafanonash3418 Před 3 lety +1

    Entertaining video. Keep it up

  • @TrainsDirectVictoria
    @TrainsDirectVictoria Před 3 lety +5

    look up NREX 451 on google you'll find a couple of photos.

  • @TripleMofficial15
    @TripleMofficial15 Před 3 lety

    Omg this took a while but this is exciting

  • @swbfuf
    @swbfuf Před 3 lety +1

    there is one word for this engine, nice

  • @cmdrflake
    @cmdrflake Před 3 lety +1

    Siemens still has proprietary software and circuitry in them. NRE scrapped them, along with SD80’s and SD70MACS from NS at Siemen’s request starting in mid-2019.

  • @haroldalexis4200
    @haroldalexis4200 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for this video. I mistakenly for years thought it was a Metra F 40 PH slanted model. But more like a prototype later on for the Metra version. Short lived unfortunately, not one scale model has ever been produced with the F 59 Amtrak or the slanted version on Metra commuter lines. Would love to see them. Your video is very informative, I didn't notice it being short at all. Very quick and educational towards these prototype models. 👏👏👏👍👍🙂 .

  • @TheWinnipegRailfan
    @TheWinnipegRailfan Před 3 lety +11

    The F69PHAC is yet another experimental locomotive for Amtrak. It was America's first AC traction diesel locomotive and would be a big stepping stone for future locomotive development. While not incredibly well documented compared to other locomotives in this series, there's still a bit to learn about regarding the F69, especially its experience running with the German ICE train-set!
    Sorry that this episode was a bit short, there wasn't really a ton of information available and pictures/videos I could use without copyright issues were few and far between. Either way, I hope you still enjoyed!
    Special thanks to those who provided pictures and video clips!
    Mountain Ridge Films:
    czcams.com/channels/5kK.html...
    The Winnipeg Railfan:
    czcams.com/channels/lla.html...
    SantaFe669:
    czcams.com/users/CaseyBNS...
    Chad Malinovsky:
    czcams.com/channels/GPV.html...
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  • @SantaFe19484
    @SantaFe19484 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice video!

  • @itsjusttyler5315
    @itsjusttyler5315 Před 3 lety +1

    OH BOY A NEW VIDEO!!!!!

  • @quintinthemississippirailfan

    Nice video! I subbed to your channel

  • @officialnewyork_railfan6822

    Finally it's here

  • @spartan117zm
    @spartan117zm Před 3 lety +1

    Pleaseeeeeee do a video on the ICE visit. It’s so hard to find good footage of that and I’d love to see more and hear you discuss it.

  • @angelacrawford3173
    @angelacrawford3173 Před 3 lety +3

    Nice

  • @Happymali10
    @Happymali10 Před 3 lety +1

    There's a little bit of a running gag that tends to show up in German forums with "what would the US look like if Germany won WW2", and then you get the "Amtrak ICE" photos.

  • @havochiawatha3375
    @havochiawatha3375 Před 3 lety +1

    Everyone: This was the 1st time Seimmens and Amtrak chatted, this engine looks sharp, etc.
    Me: F *69* PHAC

  • @The8BitNerd
    @The8BitNerd Před 3 lety +1

    Man Amtrak in the 90s was like “Everything Must Be Streamlined!”

  • @lwilliams7364
    @lwilliams7364 Před 3 lety +3

    1:08 noice

  • @penguinmaster7
    @penguinmaster7 Před 3 lety +1

    looking forward to the x2000 video. the x2k is my favorite trainset in the world.

  • @colonelsection5821
    @colonelsection5821 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Surprisingly The Only Two EMD f69phac still exist in the scrapyard in Illinois.

  • @ThreeRiversfan41
    @ThreeRiversfan41 Před 2 lety +1

    I searched up in Google and it said that the two units still exist in a scrap yard over in Mount Vernon, Illinois like you said.

  • @tot_Robbie
    @tot_Robbie Před 3 lety +1

    Wow i never new this existed
    Thats for the information :-)

  • @NSB463
    @NSB463 Před 3 lety +4

    This was very nice mate!

  • @jeffshadow2407
    @jeffshadow2407 Před 2 lety +1

    My original California personalized license plates for my 1976 GMC Motorhome are "GMC F69" and I was going to number the unit "455" for the Oldsmobile 455 V8 engine in the motorhome, even though that number was never used for the F69PHAC. Over time I have decided to paint the GMC as SDP40F #644. It will parked outside the new 'Hi-Level Diner' restaurant north of the Cajon Pass in a few years. The restaurant will be an Amtrak Superliner Diner from the 1981-1983 production build. Stay tuned and check out GoFundMe!

  • @g-manonthego6678
    @g-manonthego6678 Před 2 lety +1

    Nice video! Since there isn't that much info about them aside from being retired, sold to NRE in Mt Vernon, IL and stripped of numerous parts, its pretty much safe to assume that these two unique locomotives have been cut apart for scrap.

  • @sierrareacts1870
    @sierrareacts1870 Před 3 lety +3

    The last time i was this early GG1s were still in Amtrak's roster

  • @piedmontrailfan81
    @piedmontrailfan81 Před 3 lety +6

    1:08 *nice*

  • @DFWRailVideos
    @DFWRailVideos Před rokem +1

    Hopefully these are saved and not scrapped. I'd like to see them donated to the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis or IRM at some point, even better if smaller museums like the Frisco RR Museum here in Dallas were able to acquire them.

  • @headexploder9000
    @headexploder9000 Před 3 lety +1

    Yay even more from AmtrakGuy365 :D

  • @MitchellSchultheis
    @MitchellSchultheis Před 3 lety +1

    One of these is still at NRE, in Mt. Vernon. If you look up NRE on google maps, you can see it on the North side of the buildings.

  • @SgtChip
    @SgtChip Před 3 lety +1

    More EoA? Sign me up. Anyways, maybe sometime we'll find out what condition the F69PHACs are in. Worthy of preservation, in my opinion.

  • @trainman2226
    @trainman2226 Před 3 lety +1

    i remember when the wikipidea article was changed to just say "nice" for everything

  • @RailsOfTheMidwest
    @RailsOfTheMidwest Před rokem +2

    I’ve just discovered #451 is for sale on the NRE’s website.

  • @844SteamFan
    @844SteamFan Před 3 lety +7

    The end for these locomotives story is sad.

  • @Feliex430
    @Feliex430 Před 3 lety +1

    This Video was Cool Amtrakguy365

  • @supotnoiboonsook9274
    @supotnoiboonsook9274 Před 3 lety

    nice video

  • @kyleb06
    @kyleb06 Před 3 lety +1

    At least one of these is still sitting at Mount Vernon. My friend found one there and sent me a photo.

  • @pa.trains
    @pa.trains Před 3 lety +1

    This is awesome and im early!

  • @vDARKICEv
    @vDARKICEv Před 3 lety +1

    Great video. Always good content coming out. I personally don’t like full with body designs on locomotives and prefer the narrow body with railing on all sides of the locomotives.

  • @JasonTrew2018
    @JasonTrew2018 Před 3 lety +1

    Southern actually had a locomotive called the GP38AC and it might have some mixed reviews

    • @mrmax128
      @mrmax128 Před 3 lety +2

      261 units were built in 70/71. Norfolk Southern and many other roads changed them into 38-2s later on. FURX acquired many of the units from NS. There is also the SD38AC with only 15 produced. SRY Rail Link still operates 4 of them.

  • @thomasgianopoulos9774
    @thomasgianopoulos9774 Před 3 lety +2

    Will you eventually do an episode on the GG1s?

  • @Acela2000
    @Acela2000 Před 3 lety

    Yes finally

  • @mistermadmachine6311
    @mistermadmachine6311 Před 3 lety +1

    I would’ve loved a model of this engine

  • @F40Productions
    @F40Productions Před 3 lety +1

    The remade episodes are fantastic, if you do another GE Genesis episode I have good footage of VIA ones you can use

  • @eX0dus77
    @eX0dus77 Před 3 lety +7

    I'm surprised that even though these locomotives were successful in operation, they didn't last long on Amtrak.

    • @503railfan
      @503railfan Před 3 lety +2

      Just didn’t make much sense to keep them around, with there only being 2 of them, and having major mechanical differences from the rest of the fleet

    • @AVeryRandomPerson
      @AVeryRandomPerson Před 3 lety +1

      The Siemens Traction Inverters were problematic, and they were buying P42s when they were retired.

  • @emdaem-771
    @emdaem-771 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice.

  • @cedarvalleyrail8419
    @cedarvalleyrail8419 Před 3 lety +3

    nicePHAC

  • @maxrailroad
    @maxrailroad Před 3 lety +2

    I was gonna say that I was disappointed that you didn’t make a “69” joke, but then I re-watched. Great video as always

  • @ramen6236
    @ramen6236 Před 3 lety +1

    Amtrak ICE doesn't exist, it can't hurt you.
    Amtrak ICE:

  • @adithyaramachandran7427
    @adithyaramachandran7427 Před 2 lety +1

    This looks a lot like the Golden Rock WDP3A locomotives. Although the technology powering that one is ALCO, not EMD.

  • @HomerPenguin5516
    @HomerPenguin5516 Před 3 lety +1

    Yes

  • @Lorsterthe34st
    @Lorsterthe34st Před 3 lety

    F69PHACs last word: nice

  • @The_SEWI_Railfanner
    @The_SEWI_Railfanner Před 3 lety +1

    F40PH: *TRIGGERED*
    F69PACH: U MAD BRO?

  • @Handlesarestoopid
    @Handlesarestoopid Před 3 lety +1

    Me waiting for this video: its been 84 years

  • @williamkesler2373
    @williamkesler2373 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video as always. One minor thing, the first song playing in the background was a little distracting. The older ones where you used bluegrass music seemed more fitting.

  • @LifeOfMateusz
    @LifeOfMateusz Před 3 lety +1

    The airhorns sound good

  • @colbyjames7205
    @colbyjames7205 Před 3 lety +1

    I hope the F69 is preserved oneday

  • @TrainsofChicagoland
    @TrainsofChicagoland Před 3 lety +1

    Great video
    Sad to know they were scrapped

    • @AVeryRandomPerson
      @AVeryRandomPerson Před 3 lety +2

      Their status is unknown, but are presumed to still exist

  • @southernheritageunit5269

    N I C E

  • @ThePeninsulaRailfan
    @ThePeninsulaRailfan Před 3 lety +1

    Ive seen pictures of these things in Jack London in Oakland here in the bay area

  • @henrybrightonmusicuploads

    451's horn was a lot sweeter, albeit I couldn't find any footage for it.

  • @chigbungus875
    @chigbungus875 Před 3 lety

    F69; nice!

  • @Mnrr6131
    @Mnrr6131 Před 3 lety

    1:08 I saw that.
    N O I C E

  • @ArkyCZ
    @ArkyCZ Před 3 lety

    finnaly

  • @keysontrains538
    @keysontrains538 Před 3 lety

    nice

  • @nooxis2643
    @nooxis2643 Před 3 lety +3

    "It was America's first AC traction diesel locomotive"
    not really
    in 1984 BBC/ABB had tested the three-phase traction with the M640 #CP4744 then in 1987 with the F40AC #F202.
    both of them were equipped with thyristor voltage source inverters which controlled all the motors in parallel.
    During 1987 also siemens equipped the EMD268 with 6 thyristor current source inverters each driving a single motor.

    • @mrmax128
      @mrmax128 Před 3 lety +2

      Didn't know about these projects! Also, there were even earlier AC locomotives, the GP38AC and SD38AC built 1970/71. As far as I know almost all 261 GP38ACs were changed to 38-2s. 15 SD38ACs were built and some still run with their AC alternator. SRY Rail Link still operates all 4 of the BC Hydro SD38s, with one being a SD38AC.

  • @advancedapproachproduction2394

    MLW: “Am I a joke to you?”

  • @ashleydorsey2538
    @ashleydorsey2538 Před rokem

    All i have to say is *N I C E*

  • @thekidfromcleveland3944

    F69.............Nice👌

  • @Canadian_Yoshi
    @Canadian_Yoshi Před 3 lety

    Wooooo!

  • @davidcarlo8721
    @davidcarlo8721 Před 3 lety +1

    Can you make 2 videos on the bombardier lrc train used for via rail and amtrak, just like the on engines of via rail and also the amtrak u.a.c turbo train please after the Acela express

  • @milwaukeemodeler1029
    @milwaukeemodeler1029 Před 3 lety +1

    You should do a video about the history of high speed trains on the NEC