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RENUMBERING:
1966: 600
1970: 9800
1975: 500
1988: AMT192
2000: 520PH (GP40PH)
MODEL / CLASS:
GP40 / GP40TC
reclassed GRE-430c 8/1/74 (original GRE-30a)
H.P.:3000
SPEED:83mph
(some sources 85mph)
BUILT:
GMD Oct 31 1966
ORDER NUMBER /
BUILDER NUMBER:
NBRC-313
A-2125
LENGTH / WEIGHT:
85'8"
264,000
GEAR RATIO
FUEL TANK:
60:17
1000 gallons
TRUCKS:
B-B
| NOTES:
extended hood contains GM 12V-149 diesel engine for powering 500KW (some show 600KW) alternator for train lights & heat
original 1966 paint dark blue with CN lettering - returned to GMD early 1967 to be have green logo long hood, white cab, station board)
beginning Nov 1974 all units rebuilt to silence auxillary power plant - repainted in new (current) paint of white & green
9800 last to have silencing & repainting in new (current) green & white Apr 1975
DISPOSITION: unit on inaugural trip of new GO bi-level cars on Train 910 with cc100, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 13 March 1978 sold to Amtrak Oct '88 (renumbered AMT 192) - AMT modifies HEP from 575V to 480V - starts in Chicago area - occasionally operates now in PH service (2002)
AMTRAK SERVICE NOTES:
As of March 1998, 192 rebuilt and delegated to work train specifications - rebuilt done at Wilmington, DE - work included crossing lights, new cab signal unit (installed ACSES cab signal into them, and the 199 was the FIRST locomotive in North America to have this installed - Beech Grove rebuilt 564/568 and some or all of the coaches for the Texas Commuter service), front plate removed, cab signal bars added to rear for road switching
all GP40Hs now have the same longer fuel tank in 1988 or 1989 (1500Imp or 1800US?), two 38" cooling fans and an exhaust stack similar to that on a tractor trailor (The square box contained the fairly large muffler for the DD12V149 HEP - Cummins or Cat HEP unit likely provided enough weight savings to allow for the larger fuel tank)
TCs were used as the sole power on Empire Corridor trains, and eventually replaced by F40s that were not needed elsewhere
in their final days of passenger service some of the HEP units got broken so they were used as power units
added onto the engineers side of the nose is a buldge where AMT installed circuits for the cab signal and ditch lights
Thanks to Matt Donnelly and A Johnson for addtional notes on this locomotive
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