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- Amtrak's PERE MARQUETTE gets a helping hand after engine 370 would not start. The only unit CSX had on hand was the 4316, an ex-Reading GP39-2 still in the green and yellow. I could not believe it!!! So the next time you catch the 4316 in CSX blue, this is what she looked like!
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Since the F40 was dead, and the CSX does not have HEP, it had to be a dark ride for the passengers!
On the F40's, there is no aux. HEP unit. The main engine has an extra alternator for the HEP, that's why they run at high RPM! Engine don"t run, no HEP!
Open a few windows and introduce forced ventilation. Not ideal by any means. But it could help with preventing stale stagnant air.
RIP CSX 4316, it got wrecked and scrapped
@ChamplainDivision Dang, thanks for all that info. I saw that paint job and the first thing i thought of was the Katy (MKT). Guess not.
I was a young kid, but I remember when these Engines were brand new on the Reading in 1974
normally if the Prime Mover Goes out you can still have HEP because the is seperate from the Prime Mover (or something like that)
Gee. The horizon cars look very different!
Now its in Yn3 paint and it doesnt even have that horn anymore. :(
great vidoe liked and faved!
Awsome!
Just a technical and historical point, notice the green patch-out on the cab and green/yellow stripe patchout on the nose. That's to cover another patch-out because the engine is ex-D&H; nee originally Reading. IINM, it was 316 on Reading and D&H re-numbered it 7316. Later CSX numbered it 4316 to avoid confusion with others of it's units at the time. D&H got it in the Conrail deal back in 1976 and put their script "The D&H" inside the black Reading diamond logo on nose & cab sides.
Wow nice catch! I think its weird that I saw CSX 4316 down here in Florida as the local switcher. Pretty cool.
I c that train everyday at saddle creek
I can't believe the RDG paint scheme survived that long, that was a great catch!
Back in the early 90s that ex Reading GP39-2 really got around! In 1990 it was pinch hitting for the New York Susquehanna & Western railroad! On there local WS-1 That would originate in Little Ferry New Jersey. Switch all the various industries then head back! The Susquehanna had 3 GP18 locomotives and 1804 was the one assigned there. And so! Much to our surprise there it was! An almost Reading pure GP39-2! Oh by the way. I believe it was 2nd owned by the Delaware & Hudson!
surprisingly not a genesis
Still I would love to see em.... Can never get enough of those F40's pulling Amtrak.
Do you have any more amtrak stuff?
@rsinoms Actually after watching a newer vid it's actually P373. Ran weekends if I remember and left at 9:30.
lol engine 30 on train 370 and 371. man i need a time machine. absolutely stunning to think i had just turned three.
GP-39-2 is turbocharged with 2300 horse power. with one fat exhaust. Gp38-2 has 2000 horsepower non turbocharged with 2 exhaust stacks
I wonder how they were getting hep to the cars. I didn't see the exhaust of hep diesel at the rear of the f40 so I'm assuming it's an original screamer that got hep from the prime mover. Pretty dark ride after sunset. Great video.
Nice Ex Reading 3416!!!
does anybody know what kinda horn that is?
How would the locomotives work together? Aren't they geared differently?
@mygirl22ward O Thanks
and uh, is that green one MKT?
The green one is a former Reading unit.
Is the amtrak an EMD F40PH? I am not quite sure.
It it's
Yes
WOW
wow i didnt know they used gp38-2 in passenger service
they don't dumbass
The route almost looks abandoned
nice catch though
anyone know the differences between the 38s and the 39s?
The difference is the engine size and horsepower. The 38s had a roots blown 16-645E. And produced 2000 horsepower. The 39s had a 12-645E3 that was turbocharged. It produced 2300 horsepower.
Just goes to show you sometimes railroads need help from their friends
Looks more like a Reading Blue Mountain and Northern locomotive to me.