#Equipment previously in this series (e.g., turboliners, GP40s, F40s, etc.) was renumbered.
##As of 12/15/21 the four delivered ALC-42s were in a testing status.
*Out of service P42s as of 01/01/21: 1, 32, 54, 64 65, 66, 67, 80, 91, 102, 113, 128, 141, 162, 178, 185 and 200; 8, 21, 47, 49, 70, 143 & 149 have been retired; 183 Active as of 01/01/21. Since 01/01/21 this number may vary as units are returned to service, or additional units are placed out of service. In the summer of 2020 the following locos--counted as active--were "Stored-Standby" in New Orleans: 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 37, 126, 127.
##As of 12/15/21 the four delivered ALC-42s were in a testing status.
**Some Amtrak F40s are still in service elsewhere or preserved.
***These units were rebuilt from the former Go Transit GP40s by NS at the Juniata Locomotive Shops with the same numbers as now: 520-527.
****Owned by Caltrans.
*****Further information can be found here. Several of these units were rebuilt by Beech Grove in 2009-2011 to P42 standards through the "ARRA" program.
DIESEL SWITCHERS
TYPE
SERIES
ACTIVE
SPEED
HP
WT
YEAR
BUILDER
MP15
530-539
10
65
1500
246,000
1970
EMD
SW1500
541*
1
60
1500
1970
EMD
SW1001
569*
1
60
1000
1974
EMD
GP15D
570-579**
10
65
1500
251,600
2004
MPI
MP14B
590 592
1 1
65
2x700
2010 2013
MPI
MP21B
591
1
65
3x700
2010
MPI
2GS12B
597 (Luke) 599 (Ella) 792, 793 (Mike) 798
4
50
2x600
245,000
2015 2014 2018 Aug-20
NRE
GP38-3
720-724
5
65
2000
259,000
1976
EMD/Juniata
SW1
737
1
50
600
194,000
1947-1950
EMD
SW1000R
794 796
2
50
1000
194,000
1952
EMD/NRE
80-ton
1100
0
940
160,000
1952
GE
*Units 540, 541 and 569 received from CSX in exchange for title to F40 Nos. 390 and 395. **Ordered from Motive Power Industries in May, 2004. Delivery began in November, 2004, and all 10 were delivered to Bear, DE, by February, 2005. Initial reports had these classified as MP15Bs, nameplate data calls them GP15s and Amtrak refers to them as GP15D.
Multi-State (PRIIA) ROAD DIESELS
TYPE
SERIES
ACTIVE
SPEED
HP
WT
YEAR
BUILDER
SC-44
IDOT 4601-4633
33
125
4400
272,000
2016-2017
Siemens
SC-44
Caltrans* 2101-2106 2107-2122 2123, 2124**
23
125
4400
272,000
2016-2017 2018 2021
Siemens
SC-44
WSDOT 1400, 1401, 1403-1407 1408
8
125
4400
272,000
2016-2017 2020
Siemens
In conjunction with the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) the Section 305 Next Generation Equipment Committee wrote specifications for a number of different vehicles, including a diesel locomotive capable of reaching sustained speeds of 125 mph. These locomotives are being purchased through various PRIIA and Stimulus grant funds administered by the FRA. The locomotives are owned by individual states, and operate on short distance routes (750 miles or less) under state sponsorship. Illinois (IDOT) is acting as the oversight state for a consortium of Midwest states including Illinois, Michigan and Missouri. Other locomotives are owned by Washington state (WSDOT) and California (Caltrans). These locomotives are similar to ones built by Siemens for the private All Aboard Florida (FEC) route and MARC for commuter lines between Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD/Frederick, MD and Harpers Ferry, WV, as well as Amtrak's order of 75 new diesel locomotives placed in December 2018.
*Units 2101-2108 reported with "Amtrak California" branding.
Units 2109-2122 reported with "Pacific Surfiner" branding.
**Units 2123 and 2124 are being leased by Caltrans.
NORTH CAROLINA DOT EQUIPMENT
NUMBER (Name)
DESCRIPTION
HERITAGE
Active Diesel Locomotives
1755 (City of Salisbury) 1797 (City of Asheville)
F59PHI, 110 mph, 3,200hp, 254,900lb.
Built 1998 by EMD/Super Steel for NCDOT
1810 (City of Greensboro) 1859 (City of High Point) 1869 (City of Durham) 1893 (City of Burlington)
F59, 103 mph, 3,200hp, 260,000lb.
Built 1988 for GO Transit (Toronto), rebuilt by American Motive Power 2010/2011. 1893 was rebuilt by Amtrak in 2011.
1871 (Town of Cary) 1984 (City of Kannapolis)
F59PHI, 103 mph, 3,200hp, 254,900lb.
EMD-1990, former GO Transit 547 EMD-1990, former GO Transit 551 Rebuilt by NS-TMS 2016/2017
Surplus Locomotives (For Sale Dec 2020)
1849 (Town of Wilson) 1873 (Town of Selma) 1907 (City of Rocky Mount)
F59PH, 110 mph, 3,200hp, 254,900lb.
EMD-1993, former Metrolink 871 EMD-1992, former Metrolink 859 EMD-1992, former Metrolink 853
201 202
F59PH, 110 mph, 3,200hp, 254,900lb.
EMD-1992, former Metrolink 867 EMD-1993, former Metrolink 873
Inactive/Sold/Historic Motive Power
1768 (City of Charlotte)
GP40H-2, 100 mph, 3,000hp, 278,000lb.
Sold in 2005 to Virginia DOT Subsequently transferred to VRE, and then sold to Army Transportation Corps. (In 2020 was at Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, NC, [MOTSU] near Wilmington.)
1792 (City of Raleigh)
GP40H-2, 100 mph, 3,000hp, 278,000lb.
Built 1966, ex-L&N 3006. Retired/Scrapped following grade crossing collision on May 13, 2010, at Mebane, NC while on train73
400600
x-F7B power car
EMD-1942(?), ex-CGW 102D(?) Sold 2006 to Aberdeen Carolina and Western
501
E3
Built 1939, ex-ACL 501 On display at Spencer Shops Museum following a no-cost interagency transfer to NC Department of Natural Resources (2013).
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