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AMTK 615 |
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Siemens is currently building new electric power for Amtrak near Sacramento, California. The new engines, model ACS-64, are high-tech engines that will replace the now mothballed HHP-8s and the remaining AEM-7 locomotives. While touring the cab of Amtrak 615, our host pointed out a button in the control panel - the second button on the top row, just above the monitor, has a flag icon. When pressed, the Star Spangled Banner plays from speakers behind the engineer! Seriously! And its a pretty good sound system, too. However, no one Ive spoken with has yet to determine why this feature was included on these locomotives... (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.) |
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1/22/2015 Upload Date: 2/4/2015 10:55:15 AM |
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Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
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InCab |
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AMTK 615(ACS-64) |
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| Title: |
AMTK 615 |
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I never thought about it before, but apparently some locomotives have windshield washers! Amtrak ACS-64, an electric locomotive, has no fuel fill, but it does have a windshield washer fluid fill. (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.) |
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1/22/2015 Upload Date: 2/4/2015 10:46:46 AM |
| Location: |
Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
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AMTK 615(ACS-64) |
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| Title: |
AMTK 615 |
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Still fairly clean, as it hasnt been in service long, is the interior corridor of Amtrak ACS-64 615. Unlike most electric locomotives, these Siemens locomotives have a single corridor running through the center, rather than on either side of the components. And the components have a much cleaner appearance than in the AEM-7s that the ACS-64s are replacing - this looks more like a space craft than a locomotive inside. And much brighter lighting, too! (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.) |
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1/22/2015 Upload Date: 2/4/2015 10:47:59 AM |
| Location: |
Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
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InCab |
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AMTK 615(ACS-64) |
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AMTK 618 - Edison NJ - 03/09/18 |
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Approaching the NJ Transit station in Edison, New Jersey, at a high rate of speed on March 9, 2018, is Amtrak train 125, one of the carrier's many trains between New York NY and Washington DC. Locomotive 618 is a Siemens ACS-64 "Cities Sprinter" and it is pulling an 8-car "Northeast Direct" train, heading south to the nation's capital. |
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3/9/2018 Upload Date: 3/15/2018 6:34:11 PM |
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Edison, NJ |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
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Winter,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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AMTK 618(ACS-64) |
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AMTK 637 |
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Constructed from 1912 to 1916, New Yorks Hell Gate Bridge is, one hundred years later, still arguably the most beautiful railroad bridge in America. The entire bridge is 17,000-feet in length, but the most famous portion is the 1,017-foot steel through arch bridge that spans the Hell Gate, a strait of the East River, between Astoria in Queens and Manhattans Randalls and Wards Islands. ("Hell Gate" is a corruption of the Dutch phrase "Hellegat," which could mean either "bright strait" or "clear opening.") The bridge is so well constructed that "Discover" magazine (February 2005) has estimated that the Hell Gate Bridge would be the last New York City bridge to collapse if humans disappeared, taking at least a millennium to do so. The double-track electrified Amtrak line on this bridge connects the former Pennsylvania Railroad with the former New Haven Railroad in order to complete the line from New York City to Boston, Massachusetts. On January 27th, 2016, one of Amtraks many "Northeast Regional" trains, running from Boston, Massachusetts, to Richmond, Virginia. Train #93 is led by a pair of Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotives, numbered 637 and 621. |
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1/27/2016 Upload Date: 2/10/2016 2:02:15 AM |
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New York, NY |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
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Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Passenger,Action |
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AMTK 637(ACS-64) AMTK 621(ACS-64) |
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AMTK 621 - Edison NJ - 03/09/18 |
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Amtrak train 648, pulled by ACS-64 621, flies through the station in Edison, New Jersey, on March 9, 2018. This train, running at 125 miles-per-hour, is heading from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to New York NY. |
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3/9/2018 Upload Date: 3/15/2018 6:32:57 PM |
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Edison, NJ |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
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Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
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AMTK 621(ACS-64) |
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AMTK 625 |
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A pair of brand new Sienens ACS-64 electric locomotives soak up some sun at Amtrak's Ivy City engine terminal in-Washington DC on a chilly January 22nd, 2015. Amtrak 625 and 626 were built by Siemens#near Sacramento, California - about as far from Amtrak's electrified lines as one can get! (Photographed on raisroad property with permission and full PPE.) |
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1/22/2015 Upload Date: 2/4/2015 4:45:34 PM |
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Ivy City, DC |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
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Roster |
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AMTK 625(ACS-64) AMTK 626(ACS-64) |
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AMTK 625 |
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Amtrak's new ACS-64 electric locomotives have a very clean look on their noses, as exemplified on engine 625. (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.) |
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1/22/2015 Upload Date: 2/5/2015 1:41:29 AM |
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Ivy City, DC |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
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AMTK 625(ACS-64) |
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