WELCOME TO THE 4RR AMTRAK P42 SITE

Our non-commercial site is lined up by Amtrak locomotive road number. Just click on each photo to go to the next one. We like these old beasts. Amtrak will soon be announcing plans to replace them. What you will find here is a collection of at least one photo of each locomotive in road number sequence. Some pages also have a narrative to go with the engine.

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ROAD NUMBERS 1-38 INCLUDING MICHIGAN

ROAD NUMBERS 39-74

ROAD NUMBERS 75-100

ALBANY GROUP - NORTHEAST - ROAD NUMBERS 101-111

FORMER STARLIGHT GROUP - ROAD NUMBERS 112-122

HIGH SKIRTED 2000 GROUP - ROAD NUMBERS 123-168

LOW SKIRTED GROUP FROM 2000-01 - ROAD NUMBERS 169-207

P32S AND P40S 500-519 700-717 800-843

THIS CLASS OF GE LOCOMOTIVE, BUILT AT ERIE, WAS PURCHASED BY AMTRAK FOR ITS 44-STATE WESTERN SERVICE (VIA CANADA ALSO BOUGHT A FEW) AND REPLACED THE EMD F40 OVER THE YEARS 1996-2001. AT THAT TIME, THE EMD'S WERE RUN-OUT, FORCED IN MANY CASES TO OPERATE MORE THAN 20 YEARS. THE SAME THING IS NOW HAPPENING TODAY WITH THE P42. OLDEST ONES WERE DELIVERED IN 1996-97 (SOME OF THE DOOLIES ARE FROM 1995), AND THE NEWEST ONES OVER THE PERIOD 2000-2001. TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN SCRAPPED (143 AND 149). SEVERAL OTHERS ARE ALWAYS LONG TERM OUT OF SERVICE AT ANY GIVEN TIME DUE TO WRECKS AND FIRES. ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN HIT NUMEROUS TIMES BY TRUCKS, CARS, BOULDERS, TRACTORS, TREES, BICYCLES, GROCERY CARTS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE IMAGINABLE. YES, EVEN SNOWMOBILES. THERE ARE PLENTY OF STORIES TO TELL, AND NOW THERE ARE VIDEO CAB-CAMERAS TO RECORD ALL OF IT. ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING ASPECTS TO THESE ENGINES HAS BEEN EXTERIOR PAINT CHANGES. IN A FEW CASES UNIQUE ADVERTISING THEMES WERE APPLIED. IN 2009, SPECIAL WRAPS WERE GIVEN TO 157 AND 71 FOR A WALT DISNEY CHRISTMAS MOVIE.