Amtrak P42 no. 11 at Union Station, Washington DC

[trainfan1143]

This was the Carolinian.No doubt about it.

[apodino]

Those aren't superliners, those are Amfleets. Superliners are the bilevel cars that are taller than the Locomotive.

[DocileBomb]

Very round cars for a square loco...

[BoeingNerd]

those are ivb

[BobWeaver112]

Yea, because 4,000 is the correct figure for the original P40's horsepower output.

[justin0185]

can some tell me what the difference between a p40 and a p 42 is?

[hhp8]

the p41's engine numbers go from 200-900

[BobWeaver112]

There is no such engine as a P41.

[BobWeaver112]

P40s were the original Genesis units delivered to Amtrak. They were rated at 4000 HP, had a top speed of 103 mph, and were numbered 800-843. All are now in storage or are being leased. P42s are rated at 4250 HP, have a top speed of 110 mph, and are numbered 1-207. P42s are the primary source of motive power for Amtrak's diesel powered trains.

[justin0185]

thanks

[AmtrakSilverMeteor]

The ORIGINAL P40 was rated at about 5000hp.

[BobWeaver112]

Amtrak's original GE P40s were rated at 4,000 HP, hence the -40 in the name. P42s have 4,250 HP, hence the -42.

[AmtrakSilverMeteor]

But the P40 was rated at 1000 more than the P42,Amtrak did not need this much power hence they bought P42s.

[BobWeaver112]

I'm really starting to question where you get your facts from. Not that I get all of mine from Wikipedia, but for ease, look up "GE Genesis" and read the P40DC and P42DC section. GE doesn't even make a prime mover rated at 5,000 HP.

[kmothersil]

Wikipedia reads 4000hp and no one has tried to edit that because I'm always watching that topic.

[hhp8]

That ain't the creasent, it's either the palmetto or the carolinian

[JWall416]

Obviously no, the arriving train is NOT the Crescent. I honestly don't know what the other train is, so I'll take your word for it.

[kmothersil]

The other train their must be the Capital Limited. It's the only superliner train that goes to Washington D.C. although the Cardinal did have superliners for a couple of years before they switched to single leveled eqiptment.

[novabeerfly]

@JWall416 The only train that comes into DC with Superliners is The Capitol Limited (Trains 29/30) WAS-CHI

[cwatt2290]

thats not difficult either.

[Train538]

The other train has Superliner cars.

[JWall416]

Yeah... I got confused.

[JWall416]

It's actually pulling Amfleet cars. Sorry...