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Amtrak California EMD F59PHI #456
Fullerton, CA
 
October 26th, 2015
3:58pm
Pacific Surfliner #579
 
Pacific Surfliner
 
General Motors Electro-Motive Division
July 1998
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS 70D
 
Tamron (Canon) 17-50mm
VC f2.8 Zoom Lens
f4.5 @ 1/800th sec
ISO 400
783-1968
 
Built by Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. in July 1998, this series of locomotive was ordered by what was known at the time as the Amtrak West business unit for use in west coast service. This unit is painted up for use on Pacific Surfliner trains that operate out of Los Angeles. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.