A Comparison Of Noses
Which Do You Prefer?
A nose to nose comparison of passenger power from two different eras.
At left is Amtrak 66 a GE P42DC blt. Mar. 1997 and dressed in Phase II heritage 40th Anniversary livery. She was here as a trailing helper/protect unit traveling behind Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 which is about to couple up for the start of the return journey to Los Angeles while on the six day long Grand Canyon Limited excursion. Alas in 2016 this unit was involved in a fatal grade crossing collision in Joliet, IL that bent her frame and she has not run since and will most likely eventually be scrapped.
At right is Grand Canyon Railway 6773 an MLW FPA4 blt. Feb. 1959 for the Canadian National with the same number. She once led trains from Halifax to Vancouver including the famed Super Continental. Serving into the early 1990s she was acquired by the fledgling GCRY along with six sister units around 1993 and led trains for many years until largely being supplanted after they acquired F40PHs due to ever longer and heavier trains. However she's still on the roster and I believe still serviceable though I'm not sure how often she runs.
Williams, Arizona
Friday May 18, 2012
A Comparison Of Noses
Which Do You Prefer?
A nose to nose comparison of passenger power from two different eras.
At left is Amtrak 66 a GE P42DC blt. Mar. 1997 and dressed in Phase II heritage 40th Anniversary livery. She was here as a trailing helper/protect unit traveling behind Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 which is about to couple up for the start of the return journey to Los Angeles while on the six day long Grand Canyon Limited excursion. Alas in 2016 this unit was involved in a fatal grade crossing collision in Joliet, IL that bent her frame and she has not run since and will most likely eventually be scrapped.
At right is Grand Canyon Railway 6773 an MLW FPA4 blt. Feb. 1959 for the Canadian National with the same number. She once led trains from Halifax to Vancouver including the famed Super Continental. Serving into the early 1990s she was acquired by the fledgling GCRY along with six sister units around 1993 and led trains for many years until largely being supplanted after they acquired F40PHs due to ever longer and heavier trains. However she's still on the roster and I believe still serviceable though I'm not sure how often she runs.
Williams, Arizona
Friday May 18, 2012