1996-BUILT GE P42 ROAD NUMBERS 1-45 FROM AMTRAK - RECENT CORRIDOR ASSIGNMENTS Vinyl build stickers from GE indicate that Amtrak's road numbers 1-45 (and 47) were from the partial production year of 1996, August through December. Cusp engine #47 was destroyed at Dixieana, South Carolina. Twenty-four remaining survivors from this group are now 28 years of age. Actve train assignments are shown for them below. GE's 1996 produced P42's were originally based out of New Orleans, although #26-36 ultimately worked Michigan Wolverines for most of their lives. Siemens Chargers replaced them there after 2021. Since 2021, Wolverine survivors have gone to random duties or been retired. In late 2024, #33, #37, and #38 have been rotating in and out of North Carolina commuter duties. One may do periodic test trains between New Orleans and Mobile. Only one of the group so far, cusp unit #46, was permanently assigned to the northeast corridor. It had NEC cab signal equipment that the others did not in the pre-positive train control era. It has been an NEC unit for more than 2 decades. Road numbers 48-120 were produced in 1997 (see the 1997 page for the assignments of the survivors). The 1996 group originated in 1G livery, which closely matched what Amtrak had decided on for their 1993-produced class of P40's from General Electric (road numbers 800-843). P42 locomotives #1-28 were repainted as a group into 2G around 2000. Last to be restyled to 3G were #29-32, which remained for years in Michigan in original ratty 1G paint. The final one to go into 3G was #32 by late 2003 or January 2004. None of this group have received new 2024 4G livery, and it would be surprising if any of them did. DECEMBER 2024 CORRIDOR ASSIGNMENTS If you are using a small device, your reader/voice speaker apps might be more user-friendly. Our site is laid out for full size computers and/or decent sized tablets. Most recent known train assignments for survivors in the 1996-built group are listed sequentially by locomotive road number. Road numbers not in the list below are retired, shopped, or on standby. See Dave's list for those that are retired. 4 Ivy City T80-12. 5 T5Dec10-12(w/341 dropped LNC+170Tr). 10 T383-30. T380-1. 13 T4Dec10-12(w/198Ld). 14 T40Dec10-11(w/363Tr). 15 LAX 12-11. 18 T1Dec9-11(w/15Ld). 19 KCY 12-11. 22 T4Dec11-13(w/155Tr). 23 T4Dec9-11(w/176Ld). 25 Ivy City *T67-12. 27 T51-11/12(add #60@IND). 29 T22Dec2(FTW w/56Ld). 30 T1333/1340Dec1-10(w/148). 39 T97Dec9-10(w/147Tr). 40 T1Dec2-4(w/189Tr). 43 T7Dec9-11(PDX w/350Tr SEA). 44 T5Dec11-13(w/51Ld). 45 T41Dec9-11(w/163Ld). As of December 1, 24 of the 46 units built in 1996 were still available at Amtrak. On that day, two were in revenue service for North Carolina, and eleven on Amtrak's national system. Engines #4, #14, #25, #27, and #39 have been working Ivy City routes (engine #27 suffered a vehicle strike). Engine #10 is on standby in Chicago and #29 in Fort Worth. Back in North Carolina are #38 and #33. Engine #37 rotated back from North Carolina to New Orleans. It did another Mobile test run on December 4. On an Empire Builder rotation briefly was another low number 1996-built unit, #11, which broke down right out of the gate. Engine #7 has reportedly been sitting in Chicago since October, and #11 is now evidently shopped there. Train 3 of the 9th had #22 leading with #155 trailing and ran into some delays in New Mexico. Police activity and a disabled freight did not help the situation. It is thought that #22 failed, and BNSF 4189 was added at Raton. It was running seriously late into Los Angeles, which slightly delayed train 4-10. Engine #19 also failed on a train 3 and was set out at Kansas City. A Charger was dropped at Lincoln, Nebraska by train 5 on December 11 for crew familiarization. This appears to indicate that it will not be long before Chargers start running revenue on California Zephyr. Updated through December 11, 2024 by 4rr.com