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They are currently on services with speeds up to 100 mph (161 km/h), mainly on the Quebec City-Windsor rail corridor.You are watching a live stream of Fort Madison, Iowa, USA, for people who enjoy watching trains. Via Rail Canada has utilized P42DC locomotives since 2001, when they replaced the LRC locomotives in 2001. They will be replaced on long-distance service (but not shorter routes) by 75 Siemens Charger (ALC-42) locomotives, which will be delivered between 20. P42DCs are used primarily on most of Amtrak's long-haul and higher-speed rail service outside the Northeast Corridor. Tractive effort is rated at 280.25 kN (kiloNewton - a measurement of force) (63,000 lbf) (pound force) of starting effort and 169 kN (38,000 lbf) of continuous effort at 38 mph (61.2 km/h) given wheel horsepower of 3,850 horsepower (2,870 kW). The P42DC has a maximum speed of 110 mph (177 km/h).
Traction horsepower in HEP mode decreases to a bare minimum of 2,525 horsepower (1,880 kW) when providing the full 800 kW HEP load to the train. It has an engine output of 4,250 horsepower (3,170 kW) at 1047 rpm, or 3,550 horsepower (2,650 kW) when running in HEP (head-end power) mode (900 rpm) with a 0 kW HEP load.
The P42DC (GENESIS Series I) is the successor model to the P40DC. (- Pictured is Amtrak engine #53 - a GE P52DC, Amtrak's main road diesel. The name Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and trak, the latter itself a sensational spelling of track. Nearly two-thirds of passengers come from the 10 largest metropolitan areas 83% of passengers travel on routes shorter than 400 miles (645 km). Nearly 87,000 passengers ride more than 300 Amtrak trains on a daily basis. In fiscal year 2018, Amtrak served 31.7 million passengers and had $3.4 billion in revenue, while employing more than 20,000 people. Some track sections allow trains to run as fast as 150 mph (240 km/h). Amtrak owns approximately 623 miles of this track and operates an additional 132 miles of track. Amtrak's headquarters is located one block west of Union Station in Washington, D.C.Īmtrak serves more than 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces, operating more than 300 trains daily over 21,400 miles (34,000 km) of track. passenger rail services, it receives a combination of state and federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit organization. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to nine Canadian cities.įounded in 1971 as a quasi-public corporation to operate many U.S.