Amtrak Cascades F59PHI's

[John Bobinyec]

Excellent video. Thanks.

Can anybody make out the names/numbers of the NCDOT equipment?

jb

 

[railiner]

Excellent video. Thanks.

Can anybody make out the names/numbers of the NCDOT equipment?

jb

I only could see the locomotives clearly when paused....1869 and 1797

 

[cpotisch]

Excellent video. Thanks.

Can anybody make out the names/numbers of the NCDOT equipment?

jb

The locomotives are F59PH #1869 and F59PHI #1797, but I can't make out the numbers on the coaches.

 

[railiner]

Excellent video. Thanks.

Can anybody make out the names/numbers of the NCDOT equipment?

jb

The locomotives are F59PH #1869 and F59PHI #1757, but I can't make out the numbers on the coaches.

Take another look...I saw 1797, not 1757....

 

[cpotisch]

Excellent video. Thanks.

Can anybody make out the names/numbers of the NCDOT equipment?

jb

The locomotives are F59PH #1869 and F59PHI #1757, but I can't make out the numbers on the coaches.

Take another look...I saw 1797, not 1757....

You're right.

 

[KnightRail]

Excellent video. Thanks.

Can anybody make out the names/numbers of the NCDOT equipment?

jb

Off to La Junta today are 1797, 1869, 400202, 400008, 400005, 400002

 

[Agent]

Video taken yesterday by Bobby Harvey Video Productions of the westbound Southwest Chief with the North Carolina equipment at Dallas City, Illinois.

 

[CSXfoamer1997]

Video taken yesterday by Bobby Harvey Video Productions of the westbound Southwest Chief with the North Carolina equipment at Dallas City, Illinois.

Gotta love that K5LA Hybrid!

 

[railiner]

Video taken yesterday by Bobby Harvey Video Productions of the westbound Southwest Chief with the North Carolina equipment at Dallas City, Illinois.

Hybrid? Sounds to me more like the horn was defective...that one or more of its elements was blocked or not working properly....

 

[cpotisch]

Video taken yesterday by Bobby Harvey Video Productions of the westbound Southwest Chief with the North Carolina equipment at Dallas City, Illinois.

What would a hybrid K5LA actually be? I'm not too familiar with types of horns.

 

[Seaboard92]

Quite a few cascade locomotives wandering the system. I just walked by one In Chicago yard on my way to my transfer job.

 

[railiner]

Video taken yesterday by Bobby Harvey Video Productions of the westbound Southwest Chief with the North Carolina equipment at Dallas City, Illinois.

Well apparently, there is such a thing as a 'hybrid' K5LA....live and learn...

http://atsf.railfan.net/airhorns/k5la.html

 

[cpotisch]

Video taken yesterday by Bobby Harvey Video Productions of the westbound Southwest Chief with the North Carolina equipment at Dallas City, Illinois.

So if I'm understanding correctly, it's just a K5LA with a different (older?) bell?

 

[Amtrak706]

Yes. The distinctive horn that Acelas and HHP-8s have is a K5LA hybrid. Some P42s got them in the early 2000s but many have since had theirs replaced. All Acelas and HHP-8s still have their hybrids except for I believe one end of one HHP which has a regular K5LA (dont know what generation).

 

[railiner]

The K5LA has a sweet sound, but I like the P5 better...just nostalgia from when I used to hear them on IC E-9's, with their 'Mars' lights beaming thru the night, while I lie on my bunk at Chanute AFB, wishing I could "get out of that place" aboard one of them....

But my favorite is what carried this one....

http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds/uGG1a200.mp3

 

[Train_Freak]

The K5LA has a sweet sound, but I like the P5 better...just nostalgia from when I used to hear them on IC E-9's, with their 'Mars' lights beaming thru the night, while I lie on my bunk at Chanute AFB, wishing I could "get out of that place" aboard one of them.... [emoji4]

But my favorite is what carried this one....

http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds/uGG1a200.mp3

Would that be a GG1?, I don’t know the model name of the horn though.

 

[railiner]

The K5LA has a sweet sound, but I like the P5 better...just nostalgia from when I used to hear them on IC E-9's, with their 'Mars' lights beaming thru the night, while I lie on my bunk at Chanute AFB, wishing I could "get out of that place" aboard one of them.... [emoji4]

But my favorite is what carried this one....

http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds/uGG1a200.mp3

Would that be a GG1?, I don’t know the model name of the horn though.

Absolutely correct!

The horn is a Leslie A200

 

[Acela150]

Yes. The distinctive horn that Acelas and HHP-8s have is a K5LA hybrid. Some P42s got them in the early 2000s but many have since had theirs replaced. All Acelas and HHP-8s still have their hybrids except for I believe one end of one HHP which has a regular K5LA (dont know what generation).

You are correct about the HHP having a normal K5LA at one end of the unit. I believe it’s 653 and the B end of the locomotive.

I actually like the “Hybrid K5LA” has a nice sound. I’m still getting used to the ACS-64’s horn. It’s got a nice sound in the distance to it. I’m about 2.5 miles from ZOO and MANTUA interlockings and can hear them blow the horn every once and a while.

 

[brianpmcdonnell17]

Is the North Carolina set still in Colorado? I still want to see it in Chicago since I wasn't able to on the way out due to a late CL. Going east, the schedule allows me to see it every day of the week.

 

[cpotisch]

Is the North Carolina set still in Colorado? I still want to see it in Chicago since I wasn't able to on the way out due to a late CL. Going east, the schedule allows me to see it every day of the week.

It was on the southbound Capitol in the video just a few posts up, so unless I'm missing something, it is not there.

 

[John Bobinyec]

The NCDOT trainset is back in NC. Amtrak Cascades engine 470 was just set out in Charlotte from Piedmont 75. I assume 470 will be on 80 tomorrow in order to start its trip home.

jb

 

[KnightRail]

The NCDOT trainset is back in NC. Amtrak Cascades engine 470 was just set out in Charlotte from Piedmont 75. I assume 470 will be on 80 tomorrow in order to start its trip home.

jb

Your assumption would be correct. It will be interesting to see where home will be though.

 

[John Bobinyec]

Amtrak Cascades 470 was on number 80 this morning.

jb

 

[cpotisch]

Sorry, why is the Piedmont getting a Cascades locomotive?

 

[CCC1007]

Sorry, why is the Piedmont getting a Cascades locomotive?

They had a few loaners while some of their locomotives and cars went to Colorado for testing.