North Carolina D.O.T. GMDD F59PH #1893

Built by General Motors Diesel Division in 1988 for Toronto's GO Transit and numbered 540. Purchased by the State of North Carolina in 2010 and rebuilt by Amtrak in 2011, renumbered 1893 and named "City of Burlington". These units are used on Amtrak's Piedmont Service between Charlotte & Raleigh, NC. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.


Kannapolis, NC	September 23rd, 2016 2:49pm	Piedmont Service #75	North Carolina D.O.T.	General Motors Diesel Division 1988

GO Transit	GO 540	Digital Photo	Canon EOS 70D	Canon 17-40mm EF f4.0L Zoom Lens

f8.0 @ 1/800th sec ISO 400	844-1038	Built by General Motors Diesel Division in 1988 for Toronto's GO Transit and numbered 540. Purchased by the State of North Carolina in 2010 and rebuilt by Amtrak in 2011, renumbered 1893 and named "City of Burlington". These units are used on Amtrak's Piedmont Service between Charlotte & Raleigh, NC. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.