The first Siemens ALC-42 locomotive built for Amtrak is expected to be released today and will head east on the California Zephyr.
Trains magazine quoted unnamed sources as saying Charger No. 300 will be handled by Train 6 departing Emeryville, California, today (June 12) and arriving in Chicago on Monday.
No. 300 is expected to be featured on Tuesday at a media event at the Amtrak Chicago maintenance facility and depart on June 16 for Washington in the motive power consist of the Capitol Limited.
The Trains report said Amtrak expects to receive a handful of Chargers over the next few weeks that will be tested.
Regular deliveries of the locomotive are expected to begin in the second half of this year. Amtrak has ordered 75 ACLC-42 locomotives for use in its national network.
They will replace aging P42DC units that have been the standard motive power on most national network trains since the middle 1990s.
Charger locomotives are already in revenue service for various operators around the country, including on Amtrak corridor routes in the Midwest.
The intercity carrier is expected to complete receiving its ALC-42 locomotives in 2024.
Tags: ALC-42, Amtrak, Amtrak locomotives, Amtrak motive power, Amtrak's Capitol Limited, California Zephyr, Charger passenger locomotives, Siemens Charger locomotives
Amtrak in the Heartland 
June 12, 2021 at 9:14 am |
Need to head down to Denver’s Union Station to see it for myself.
June 18, 2021 at 10:31 am |
I think the baby blue front end is bad news. Aluminum color on the front end on the P-42, easy for traffic to spot, IMO. Clifford
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