Following Anniversary Engine #164

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Here is a thread for following Phase IV-painted anniversary engine AMTK 164. No, that's not a typo. After the Phase IV unit AMTK 184 was repainted into Phase V back in March, Beech Grove repainted 164 in Phase IV.

164's first trip was leading Amtrak #5(09), the westbound California Zephyr. I caught it Agency, Iowa with a wave from the engineer.



Currently, 164 is leading Amtrak #6(12) back east with two new Chargers along for the ride. SamRailfan10 filmed it at Dixon, California.

 

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Here's AMTK 164 leading Amtrak #6(12) with the two newest Chargers running about two and a half hours late out of Ottumwa, Iowa.

 

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Looks like 164 is sticking with the Zephyr for a while. I caught it Monday evening leading Amtrak #5(15) east of Ottumwa, Iowa.

 

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164 is back on the Zephyr and on the front of Amtrak #5(11). P40 824 is trailing.

 

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164 was the second unit on a #6(18) that traveled through Iowa to Chicago today. It was not the same #6(18) that originated in Emeryville on Friday due to mudslides in Colorado.



This California Zephyr later got caught by a defect detector and had to set out a coach with a hot bearing at either Mount Pleasant or New London, Iowa.

 

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164 is heading westbound again as the second engine on Amtrak #5(21).

 

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164 returned to Chicago yesterday as the second unit on the eastbound California Zephyr. Amtrak #6(24) was running nearly five and a half hours late out of Ottumwa, Iowa when I caught it.

 

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I caught AMTK 164 yesterday evening as the second engine on Amtrak #5(15) as the Zephyr made its station stop at the Ottumwa depot.