F69PH-AC Demonstrator         
These units that were thought to be cut up are still around, these testbeds racked up thousands of revenue miles for Amtrak after being built in 1989 as the first EMD units powered by AC Traction Motors, they returned to EMD La Grange, IL in 1991, but reappeared briefly in 1993 to pilot a train of German-built Inter-City Express passenger equipment on a nationwide demonstration tour.
Date: 11/24/2005 Location: Mount Vernon, IL   Map Show Mount Vernon on a rail map Views: 3280 Collection Of:   Zach Pumphery
Locomotives: NREX 451(F69PH-AC)    Author:  Zach Pumphery
F69PH-AC Demonstrator
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  November 2005 in SEMO
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