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Amtrak GE P32AC-DM #701
Rensselaer, NY
 
August 14th, 2002
2:15pm
Coach Yard Photo
 
Phase III
 
GE Transportation Systems
April 1995
Kodak Ektachrome 400
35mm Slide
Pentax ZX-M
 
Pentax 50mm f2.0 Lens
 
139-35
 
 
Built by General Electric Transportation Systems in April 1995 and numbered 701. This series of locomotives (a total of 18 would be built) were built to replace the EMD FL9's. These "Dual-Mode" units were built to operate on diesel power above-ground and on third-rail electric power when in the tunnels going into New York's Penn Station. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.
 
Utica, NY
 
December 17th, 2010
11:07am
Empire Service #284
 
Phase V
 
GE Transportation Systems
April 1995
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS
Digital Rebel XTi  
Tamron (Canon) 18-200mm
EF-S f3.5-6.3 Zoom Lens
f7.1 @ 1/125th sec
ISO 200
452-1420
 
Built by General Electric Transportation Systems in April 1995 and numbered 701. This series of locomotives (a total of 18 would be built) were built to replace the EMD FL9's. These "Dual-Mode" units were built to operate on diesel power above-ground and on third-rail electric power when in the tunnels going into New York's Penn Station. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.
 
Stuyvesant, NY
 
December 17th, 2017
1:34pm
Empire Service #238
 
Phase III
 
GE Transportation Systems
April 1995
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS 70D
 
Canon 24-105mm EF
f4.0L IS Zoom Lens
f5.6 @ 1/1600th sec
ISO 400
903-1584
 
Built by General Electric Transportation Systems in April 1995 and numbered 701. This series of locomotives (a total of 18 would be built) were built to replace the EMD FL9's. These "Dual-Mode" units were built to operate on diesel power above-ground and on third-rail electric power when in the tunnels going into New York's Penn Station. With funding provided by the State of New York, these units have been or will be repainted into Phase III with a special "Empire Service" emblem on each side. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.