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North Carolina D.O.T. GMDD F59PH #1859
Kannapolis, NC
 
September 23rd, 2016
2:49pm
Piedmont Service #75
 
North Carolina D.O.T.
 
General Motors Diesel Division
1988
GO Transit
 
GO 534
 
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS 70D
 
Canon 17-40mm EF
f4.0L Zoom Lens
f5.0 @ 1/800th sec
ISO 400


844-1032


 
Built by General Motors Diesel Division in 1988 for Toronto's GO Transit and numbered 534. Purchased by the State of North Carolina in 2010 and rebuilt by American Motive Power, renumbered 1859 and named "City of High Point". These units are used on Amtrak's Piedmont Service between Charlotte & Raleigh, NC. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.