New Phase VII P42: #174

[chadamfleetrailfan]

From various railfan pics I've seen today, as well as seen from the MH tower railcam on Railstream, I see that there is now a P42 now painted in Phase VII livery (shown below).



To my knowledge, this is the only P42 within the Phase VII livery. I'm assuming this came from Beech Grove. It makes me wonder if there are any other Phase VII P42s coming? Other than the chargers, I know there's a few GPs floating around with this livery as well.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Yes, it came out of Beech Grove yesterday. It is on 30(29) heading to DC.

As engines go to BG for routine maintenance they will, presumably, be painted with this livery. I believe there is at least one engine there now.

 

[TRA_Thom]

Does this mean it is likely to lead the Capitol Limited back to Chicago tomorrow? I’m not quite up to speed yet when it comes to turning trains around in DC.

 

[jis]

Does this mean it is likely to lead the Capitol Limited back to Chicago tomorrow? I’m not quite up to speed yet when it comes to turning trains around in DC.

The consist does not turn the same day. The locomotive is a different matter, but most likely it won;t turn the same day on the same train either, in case of 29/30 at Washington DC.

 

[TRA_Thom]

It’s currently sitting in the Ivy City yard, as of a few minutes ago. Looks very good!

 

[Acela150]

Being held in DC for now.

 

[TRA_Thom]

It has been running on several of the Virginia state services the past week. Here’s a pic I took this morning when it was leading the 86 from Richmond to Boston.



And here’s the video:

 

[AmtrakBlue]

It has been running on several of the Virginia state services the past week. Here’s a pic I took this morning when it was leading the 86 from Richmond to Boston.
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And here’s the video:

Though it will most likely be removed in Washington DC, not Boston.

 

[Acela150]

Though it will most likely be removed in Washington DC, not Boston.

Espeically since it isn't equipped with ACSES.

 

[TRA_Thom]

Though it will most likely be removed in Washington DC, not Boston.

Sigh... obviously.

 

[frequentflyer]

https://railfan.com/amtrak-begins-painting-older-equipment-into-new-phase-vii-scheme/

New livery will be added to Amfleet, Superliner, VL and Horizon.

 

[mfastx]

Matching consists on Amtrak?! I'll believe it when I see it..

 

[chadamfleetrailfan]

Matching consists on Amtrak?! I'll believe it when I see it..

I know that all of the horizons, amfleets, and superliners (outside of the CA region) share the phase 5 livery. They probably will eventually share the same paint scheme as the venture cars.

It will take quite a while though. I'm sure anything that comes out of Beech Grove will probably have the new phase 7 livery.

 

[mfastx]

I know that all of the horizons, amfleets, and superliners (outside of the CA region) share the phase 5 livery. They probably will eventually share the same paint scheme as the venture cars.

It will take quite a while though. I'm sure anything that comes out of Beech Grove will probably have the new phase 7 livery.

Yup, we were nearly there and then they came out with the new Viewliner cars, lmao.

 

[Cal]

Curious to see what it’ll look like on Superliners.

 

[Agent]

I caught 174 last night making its first trip on the California Zephyr since its repainting. It led Amtrak #5(01) out of Ottumwa, Iowa as the first of three units. I'm glad I got what I could as this morning, it was reported 174 was taken off at Denver for use on the Winter Park Express. Hope the new paint scheme gets a lot of eyeballs on it in ski train service.

 

[TommyBNSF]

We now have a 2nd P42 with Phase VII, engine 82. Photo was taken by Jim PRRFan from the CSX Monon Sub Facebook group.

 

[TheVig]

It's a nice livery. It's also nice to see Beech Grove turning out product. Even if it is just paint jobs.

 

[Acela150]

It's a nice livery. It's also nice to see Beech Grove turning out product. Even if it is just paint jobs.

Beech Grove will perform a major overhaul of the units which includes a new coat of paint.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

It's a nice livery. It's also nice to see Beech Grove turning out product. Even if it is just paint jobs.

The engines that are getting the new livery are the ones already at Beech Grove for overall work.