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Amtrak GE P32AC-DM #717
Syracuse, NY
 
March 13th, 2003
11:31am
Empire Service #286
 
Phase IV
 
GE Transportation Systems
March 1998
Kodak Ektachrome 100
35mm Slide
Pentax ZX-M
 
Pentax 50mm f2.0 Lens
 
152-09
 
 
Built by General Electric Transportation Systems in March 1998 and numbered 717. This series of locomotives (a total of 18 would be built) were built to replace the EMD FL9's. These "Dual-Mode" units were built to operate on diesel power above-ground and on third-rail electric power when in the tunnels going into New York's Penn Station. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.
 
Depew, NY
 
March 25th, 2012
3:46pm
Maple Leaf #63
 
Phase V
 
GE Transportation Systems
March 1998
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS 60D
 
Tamron (Canon) 17-50mm
f2.8 Zoom Lens
f11.0 @ 1/60th sec
ISO 100
484-0583
 
Built by General Electric Transportation Systems in March 1998 and numbered 717. This series of locomotives (a total of 18 would be built) were built to replace the EMD FL9's. These "Dual-Mode" units were built to operate on diesel power above-ground and on third-rail electric power when in the tunnels going into New York's Penn Station. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.
 
Depew, NY
 
May 23rd, 2020
1:09pm
Maple Leaf #64
 
Phase III
 
GE Transportation Systems
March 1998
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS 80D
 
Canon 17-40mm EF
f4.0L Zoom Lens
f11.0 @ 1/125th sec
ISO 100
A22-7776
 
Built by General Electric Transportation Systems in March 1998 and numbered 717. This series of locomotives (a total of 18 would be built) were built to replace the EMD FL9's. These "Dual-Mode" units were built to operate on diesel power above-ground and on third-rail electric power when in the tunnels going into New York's Penn Station. With funding provided by the State of New York, these units have been or will be repainted into Phase III with a special "Empire Service" emblem on each side. This unit is also equipped with an escape hatch similar to Metro-North Railroad's P32's that operate into Grand Central Terminal since Amtrak ran service there in 2018 due to trackwork at Penn Station. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.