Amtrak Heritage Unit 145 in Los Angeles - 2/20/11

[ravenhawk6910]

Where is the fueling racks and engine facility? I wanted to go see it when I was in LA last summer but couldnt find it.

[singwith]

@ravenhawk6910 it's at the 8th street yard in LA. 

[ROADTRAIN23]

So is that for the Surfliner train or the long-haul trains, or both? I'm wondering because up here in Oakland our yard is seperate from Oakland-Jack London (starting point for Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin trains) and Emeryville (starting point for the California Zephyr) and our crews board in the yard.

[ROADTRAIN23]

When it comes to the train crew (conductors and engineers) do you know if they board and deboard the train IN THE YARD or AT THE STATION in Los Angeles?

[singwith]

@ROADTRAIN23 most of the time, at the station.

[SouthCalifas619]

why didnt they just bring out the f40s? that would have been epic to see them in use atleast one more time. after all that engine is one of the pioneers of amtrak

[trainmasta227]

This always confuses me with 145 and 822 in Phase 3 Heritage

[singwith]

@trainmasta227 they should paint more phase 3 instead of phase V.

[GintaPPE1000]

@singwith #145 should be in PHIII with a white roof and #822 with a black roof.

[EWS60008]

Nice livery on the P42.

[MoacirCarocia2010]

Great video!

[singwith]

@MoacirCarocia2010 Thanks!

[xtremepadrefan]

great vid love seeing 509 too

[singwith]

@xtremepadrefan Thanks!

[ovationpdh]

145 came through my town (Lafayette, Louisiana) but I missed it. I was bummed about that.

[singwith]

@ovationpdh hope you catch it in the future!

[cwc27]

@ovationpdh is it coming back this way..I'm in Texarkana..and how can you find out

[DJGENEX71]

Very cool!!! Took 15 days to get to LA after it was in Atlanta! Awesome shots!!!!

[singwith]

@DJGENEX71 Thanks! Yea, and this is the only time the 145 visited in L.A with the Heritage III paint scheme.

[ovationpdh]

Excellent video. :)

[singwith]

@ovationpdh Thanks!

[labhunter1]

Nice video. 

[singwith]

@labhunter1 Thanks!

[HUTCHtopher]

Looks Good !!! Now start painting the rest of the fleet with some of that stimulus money

[DJGENEX71]

@HUTCHtopher THAT would be really cool if they did that!

[trainmasta227]

Now theres AMTK 156 in phase 1

[singwith]

@trainmasta227 yea, love to see that.

[FGLK1702]

That unit is looking good!

[MrBearsito]

Nice Video!

[singwith]

@MrBearsito Thanks!

[BosworthJ]

Done gone back east now March 12 in Washington DC. Meantime 822 has made three Chicago trips in the same paint job.

[singwith]

@BosworthJ yea, also heritage 1 unit.

[GintaPPE1000]

Should have been in the Phase III scheme that the P42s were delivered in-the black looks kinda ugly. Nice catch with the PHIV P32-8WH! I thought they were all in PHV!

[singwith]

@GintaPPE1000 Thanks!

[LAKINGSKOPITAR]

baggage car is still open @ 2:26

[singwith]

@LAKINGSKOPITAR Yes, this train was returning to the yard.

[fnm9908]

amazing,that phase lll paint looks great on'em P42's,

[lionel153]

They should repaint the whole fleet into the 70's paint . Cool video ...

[singwith]

@lionel153 Thanks!

[Squawk7600]

Wow, some beautiful shots here!! The Sunset runs just north of me (in Texas) but did not know 145 was going to head west on #1. Considering it hit a pickup (San Antonio) at almost 60mph and sliced the truck almost in half (it went around a gate) it survived with extremely little damage!! So happy to see this-- fantastic-- btw, I would have enjoyed every single minute of the 5 minutes without editing, LoL!! Great, great job on this video!

[singwith]

@Squawk7600 Thanks for the comment! 

[Intransitman]

That's a nice looking locomotive!

[MrConraal]

Awesome!!! I will catch this unit...one day.

[singwith]

@MrConraal Thanks!

[mattlanta88]

Where did you film the last part of this? Its fantastic.

[singwith]

@mattlanta88 that is Amtrak 8th street yard.

[The1994Darryl]

i think all P42s would look better in that scheme

[singwith]

@The1994Darryl i agree.

[SuperStarRendon]

great catch!!

[singwith]

@SuperStarRendon Thanks!

[cheechchongfan97]

Awesome K5LA !

[singwith]

@cheechchongfan97 Thanks!

[dairenn]

This video looks pro-shot by Amtrak at about the 1:35 mark. AMAZING job.

[singwith]

@dairenn Thank you!

[MiNameIsNash]

Excellent!!!!!!!!!!

[singwith]

@MiNameIsNash Thanks!

[MetrolinkTrain638]

I subscribed do you mind subscribing to me?

[singwith]

i only do someone has videos which really special or my favorite musician.

[ocrailfanner1995]

it sucks that it hit a car earlier in the day

[AARGENS13]

awesome video

[singwith]

@AARGENS13 Thanks!

[Amtrak507]

Any word on where this is?? Did it head with 14 later that day, move to a surfliner, or head on another train?

[singwith]

@Amtrak507 It is still sitting in the 8th street yard for repair.

[funstuff8s]

That is one cool engine!

[Michaellovestrains]

Excelent job Snuffy!!! Hopefully they can repair it quickly for it to go out on another train.

[singwith]

@Michaellovestrains yea, I hope so too. Thanks!

[BosworthJ]

One more comment and then I am done. I gotta say this is about the best and most topical P42 Amtrak video I have seen on u-tube. Keep up the good work, and how about go get 817 for us?

[MetrolinkTrain638]

@BosworthJ 817? I can try to catch but my camera is suckish.

[singwith]

@BosworthJ 817 is phase V and currently on Coast Starlight.

[BosworthJ]

Yes, thanks for the pretty picttures. GE built 44 P40's for Amtrak and 207 P42's. The 13 "W" resto engines returned to service in 2010 and the last two are making checkout runs now in February.  Three P40s and two P42's have been scrapped, with another P42 questionable at this time. Fifteen more run-out P40's are stored, and the rest of them were sold or leased. Of the P42's seven have burned up lately due to bad fuel system parts. About 175 remain available for use on any given day.

[singwith]

@BosworthJ You are welcome, thank you. I want to see the phase 4 on P42/40 again.

[BosworthJ]

Hasn't left LAX as of mid-morning Monday that I know of. Not on 14 of Monday. Maybe Chief of Tuesday or layover for #2 of Wednesday? Anybody know? Meantime #822 was out yesterday for a quick run to Chicago and back, that's the second of the 6 special paint jobs. 156 is still being worked on, and 66 came in for paint (so "they" say over the weekend).

[singwith]

@BosworthJ It's still sitting in the 8th street yard.

[Deathcult82]

Classic beauty !

[singwith]

@Deathcult82 Thanks!

[TheTaurusFan]

Awesome catch snuffy !!

[singwith]

@TheTaurusFan Thanks!

[DouglasP201]

Wouldn't it be awesome if amtrak brought back the 90's Classic engine w/ heritage 3 paint!?

[singwith]

@DouglasP201 well, I like heritage 4 a lot. :P

[robert35367]

Awesome video!!!

[singwith]

@robert35367 Thanks!

[TrainDr101]

That engine won't ever go out on the chief until they put an ATS inductor shoe on the lead truck, engineer's side. Last i checked, It didn't have one.

[singwith]

@TrainDr101 yea, it's still siting in the yard.

[sanchezv8]

love the old vintage look do you know what times i could catch from Fullerton

[singwith]

@sanchezv8 it's still sitting in the 8th street yard. 

[boeingnerd77]

so,amt5rak painted this to celebrate 40 years?

and they are painting 40 more like this 1 or in different phases?

SO HOW MANY P42'S DO THEY HAVE!?

[singwith]

@boeingnerd77 no only three or four more and Amtrak owns more than 200s P40/42.

[k5lta]

145 is beautiful!! and theres 14 again!

[xXDJIndeedXx]

Amazing video, if you didn't know what to look for you wouldn't be able to tell it hit something. The last shot at the end with trains #14, #2, and #1 lined up was amazing! Do you have a picture? lol. Great work man! Hey, let me know if they do put 145 on train 2. I'd appreciate it :)

[singwith]

@xXDJIndeedXx Thanks! Yes, If I see it, I'll let you know but I think it go with #4 since #2 wont leave here until WED. I posted my photo of this at west coast rail forums and also my flickr(singwith).

[singwith]

@singwith would you care for a phase 3 baggage car? it departed L.A as #2 today. (P40 823 is on the point.)

[GenesisSanctuary]

Great job! The heritage paint looks very nice.

[singwith]

@GenesisSanctuary Thanks!

[NebulaTrain99]

Great work, Snuffy!

It was worth the sacrifice to witness this locomotive in action. Now I feel we have returned to the past with Amtrak.

[singwith]

@NebulaTrain99 Thanks! 

[UPDetector]

WOW Snuffy it's almost like you made this a production film tribute to AMTK 145 very impressive. Awesome catch and K5LA Snuffy

[singwith]

@UPDetector Thanks! I left home at 6AM to see this! Crazy huh!

[moonwalker5058]

Very nice!!

[singwith]

@moonwalker5058 Thanks!

[apl1031]

At 0:45 that is so cool that Amtrak 457 and 145 were right next to each other. Btw this is my favorite video of 145 so far!!!

[singwith]

@apl1031 Thanks! 

[MetrolinkTrain638]

I think shot with Canon? Or Sanyo? Anyways, nice shots.

[singwith]

@MetrolinkTrain638 with Sanyo. Thanks!

[Metracab123]

great catch this one was taken with the sanyo?

[singwith]

@Metracab123 Thanks. yes, it's sanyo.

[JSurfliner457]

Nice catch Snuffy love the horn on that engine.

[singwith]

@JSurfliner457 Thanks!

[jmdhintz]

Awsome! Any plans for it to head the Coast Starlight?

[singwith]

@jmdhintz Hmmm, I think it go with #4.

[apl1031]

@singwith Do you mean the Southwest Chief #4?

[singwith]

@apl1031 yea, but it's still in the yard for repair.

[apl1031]

@singwith Do you know when it will be on the SW chief?

[singwith]

@apl1031 unconfirmed, but it may left L.A on #4 tonight.