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Amtrak Green Goat AMTK 599

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Cp 1700

Owner: Amtrak Number:

AMTK 599

Built: March 30, 2006 Serial Number:  
Hybrid History: CP 1700 (May-Sept. 2006) Converted at: Alstom (former CPR) Calgary, AB shops
  AMTK 599 (Oct. 2006-present)    
       
Donor Unit: CP 1600 (GMD GP9u) Built: 1957
Build No.: A1146 Frame No.:  
Unit History: CP 8690 (GMD GP9)    
  CP 1600 (rebuilt in 1985 to GP9u)    

 

 
Notes:  
A

Reported by Sean Graham-White that AMTK 599 is actually the former CP 1700. Working to confirm this, but at the very least they are completely identical. Believe this information to be confirmed.

B

Can be called a Phase III body style, with larger vents over the batteries. There are some minor component differences as well.

C
CP 1700 delivered in Jan. 2006. No idea how that will shift the timetable for the 28 contingent units.
D

CP 1700 is the first of a 35-unit order by Canadian Pacific. CP 1700-1706 were to be constructed in 2005 for testing. If the tests of the first seven units is satisfactory, the remaining 28 units (CP 1707-1734) were to go into production between 2006-2008. From CP Railway press release 3-14-2005.

E
CP 1700 delivered in Jan. 2006. No idea how that will shift the timetable for the 28 contingent units.
F

In service in Calgary, AB as of April, 2006 according to photographic evidence.

G

Donor unit history from the CP Locomotive Roster and Photo Archives.

H

Build dates from Bytown Rail Society "Branchline" Magazine.

I

Spotted at Amtrak's 8th Street Yard in Los Angeles by the webmaster. Jan. 1, 2007.

   
Photos:  
Photo 2
CP 1700 in Calgary, AB. Photo by Doug Mackenzie. Click to enlarge.
Photo 3
CP 1700 under construction at Alstom's Ogden shops in Calgary. Photo by Doug Mackenzie. Click to enlarge.
CP1701 and RPRX 2402
CP 1700 and RPRX 2402 at CP's Alyth Yard in Calgary. Photo by Doug Mackenzie. Click to enlarge.
CP1701 and RPRX 2402
CP 1700 in Calgary, AB. Photo by Doug Mackenzie. Click to enlarge.
Photo 2
AMTK 599 in Calgary, AB. Oct., 2006. Photo by Doug Mackenzie. Click to enlarge.
Photo 3
AMTK 599 in Calgary, AB. Oct., 2006. Photo by Doug Mackenzie. Click to enlarge.
Photo 3
AMTK 599 in New Westminster, BC. Oct., 2006. Photo by Terry M. Click to enlarge.
Photo 3
AMTK 599 in New Westminster, BC. Oct., 2006. Photo by Terry M. Click to enlarge.
Photo 3
A badly backlit view of AMTK 599 at Amtrak's 8th Street Yard in LA as seen through the dirty window of a southbound Surfliner. Jan. 1, 2007. Photo by Jody Moore. Click to enlarge.
Photo 3
A badly backlit view of AMTK 599 at Amtrak's 8th Street Yard in LA as seen through the dirty window of a southbound Surfliner. Jan. 1, 2007. Photo by Jody Moore. Click to enlarge.

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