Amtrak Train Hits Dump Truck in Orlando

[Guest]

In response to a couple of other posts in this thread:

Post #64 said "A ~260,000 lb Locomotive is a bit too heavy to put on a flatbed on short notice."

This video show hos this can be done. Note that it is not a lowboy trailer, but instead is the type of remote controlled wheels that they use to move heavy loads like houses, or the Space Shuttle in LA.

Impressive sight!

Not particularly useful if you're trying to get from Orlando to Beech Grove, and not exactly a short notice operation...

 

[AlanB]

One locomotive damaged, the rest of Amtrak rolling stock looks OK.

Wasn't someone talking about Amtrak starting to have a shortage of diesels? :-(

shortage yes, but I don't know where "starting" comes into it.

It must have been foolish for Amtrak to mothball the P40DCs when they didn't have enough locomotives. Amtrak had more F40PHs than they do now P42DCs.

At the time Amtrak mothballed the P40's it didn't have a shortage. And the P40's required considerable work and updating that Amtrak didn't have the money for.

 

[jis]

See http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?/topic/53168-p40s-on-the-move/ for a bit more detail on how it came about that Amtrak had surplus diesel power by a rather long shot at that time.

 

[MattAPaul]

Here's a video I shot out of Winter Park, FL. Engine #60 was being towed back North at about 2 AM. I tried to enhance the lighting, but damage is hard to see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcu73MtEi8g