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Viewing Album:  Mothballed/Retired Amtrak Equipment (AEM-7's, HHP-8's, F40's, & Turboliners)
 
By:Ben Kranefeld
Dates:3/29/2015 - 3/29/2015
Album Info:*Turboliners - Mothballed at the Amtrak Car Shops in Bear, DE, these gas turbine trainsets were built for Amtrak in the 1970s. Consisting of three passenger cars with two powercars on either end, these trains saw service mainly in New York along the Empire Corridor. After a handful of the Turboliner sets were refurbished and upgraded in the early 2000's, Amtrak withdrew them from service in 2004 due to issues with the air conditioning and HVAC systems. In 2018, two of the three sets that had been in storage in Bear, DE were taken north to Amtrak's Adams Yard in New Brunswick, NJ to be used in the training of law enforcement. A video of that move can be seen via this link: https://youtu.be/AMDpN-DWwbo *HHP8s - Designed by Alstrom and Bombardier, the HHP8s were a twin-cab electric locomotive that began service with Amtrak circa 1999. Throughout their service lives, the HHP8s were plagued with mechanical and reliability problems with correspondingly high per capita, unscheduled maintenance and replacement costs. The HHP8s saw service along the Northeast Corridor until Amtrak withdrew and retired them in November of 2014. *The Amtrak AEM-7 began service in 1980, replacing the aging GG1's and eventually the E60's (by 2003). Most were rebuilt in the late 90s, converting 29 units from DC to AC. The AEM-7's remained in service for a total of 36 years, before finally being retired in 2016. One unit, #915 has been preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA.
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AMTK 2143
Title:  AMTK 2143
Description:  Out of service since 2003. Currently at the Amtrak Car Shop facilities in Bear, DE
Photo Date:  8/7/2014  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 4:31:54 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 2143(Turboliner)
Views:  1581   Comments: 5
AMTK 2143
Title:  AMTK 2143
Description:  Close up of Powercar #2143 with the "Great Seal of New York" on the cab. Also, note the third rail shoe installed on the front truck for operation into New York's Penn Station
Photo Date:  8/7/2014  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 4:34:26 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 2143(Turboliner)
Views:  1080   Comments: 1
AMTK 2143
Title:  AMTK 2143
Description:  Stored in the rear of the yard and obscured by equipment, three Turboliner trainsets are mothballed at the Amtrak facility in DE
Photo Date:  8/7/2014  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 4:36:42 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 2143(Turboliner)
Views:  779   Comments: 3
Amtrak Deadlines
Title:  Amtrak Deadlines
Description:  Amtrak #408 sits along side of one of the retired Turboliners at the Amtrak Car Shops in Bear,DE
Photo Date:  8/7/2014  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 4:37:12 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 408(F40PHR) AMTK 2143(Turboliner)
Views:  1912   Comments: 6
AMTK 408
Title:  AMTK 408
Description:  Built in 1988
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 4:30:53 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 408(F40PHR)
Views:  1359   Comments: 2
AMTK 404
Title:  AMTK 404
Description:  Built in 1987
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 5:46:59 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 404(F40PHR)
Views:  1220   Comments: 1
AMTK 402
Title:  AMTK 402
Description:  Built in 1987
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 4:53:01 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 402(F40PHR)
Views:  1044   Comments: 2
AMTK 409
Title:  AMTK 409
Description:  Built in 1988
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 4:55:18 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 409(F40PHR)
Views:  1182   Comments: 3
AMTK 401
Title:  AMTK 401
Description:  Built in 1987
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 4:57:48 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 401(F40PHR)
Views:  1168   Comments: 1
AMTK 658
Title:  AMTK 658
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 5:00:19 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 658(HHP8)
Views:  715   Comments: 0
AMTK 662
Title:  AMTK 662
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 5:02:11 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 662(HHP8)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
AMTK 650
Title:  AMTK 650
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 5:03:49 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 650(HHP8)
Views:  1050   Comments: 0
Amtrak Deadline
Title:  Amtrak Deadline
Description:  At the Amtrak car shops in Bear, DE
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 5:06:00 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 662(HHP8) AMTK 650(HHP8) AMTK 663(HHP8)
Views:  1218   Comments: 1
AMTK 657
Title:  AMTK 657
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 5:07:59 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 657(HHP8)
Views:  515   Comments: 2
Amtrak Deadline
Title:  Amtrak Deadline
Description:  At the Amtrak car shops in Bear, DE
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 5:09:50 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 657(HHP8) AMTK 664(HHP8) AMTK 662(HHP8) AMTK 656(HHP8)
Views:  1103   Comments: 1
Amtrak Deadline
Title:  Amtrak Deadline
Description:  At the Amtrak car shops in Bear, DE
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 5:12:05 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 658(HHP8) AMTK 659(HHP8) AMTK 401(F40PHR) AMTK 402(F40PHR) AMTK 404(F40PHR) AMTK 409(F40PHR) AMTK 408(F40PHR)
Views:  2268   Comments: 3
Amtrak Deadline
Title:  Amtrak Deadline
Description:  At the Amtrak car shops in Bear, DE
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 5:14:29 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 662(HHP8) AMTK 650(HHP8) AMTK 659(HHP8) AMTK 663(HHP8) AMTK 658(HHP8)
Views:  4295   Comments: 1
Amtrak Deadline
Title:  Amtrak Deadline
Description:  Retired Amtrak HHP8's and F40's stored in the rear of the Amtrak facility in Bear, DE.
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 5:16:33 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 664(HHP8) AMTK 656(HHP8) AMTK 662(HHP8) AMTK 650(HHP8) AMTK 663(HHP8) AMTK 658(HHP8) AMTK 408(F40PHR) AMTK 659(HHP8) AMTK 401(F40PHR) AMTK 402(F40PHR) AMTK 404(F40PHR) AMTK 409(F40PHR)
Views:  3991   Comments: 2
Amtrak's Wilmington Shops
Title:  Amtrak's Wilmington Shops
Description:  Shot taken from Bowers St at the various Amtrak equipment in the yard at the Wilmington Shops
Photo Date:  2/19/2016  Upload Date: 2/21/2016 11:10:50 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 521(GP38H-3) AMTK 901(AEM7) AMTK 720(GP38-3) AMTK 721(GP38-3) AMTK 662(ACS-64)
Views:  931   Comments: 3
AMTK 923 & 917
Title:  AMTK 923 & 917
Description:  As of 2/21/16, #'s 923 & 917 are the latest AEM-7s to have been retired, leaving only three remaining on Amtrak's active!roster
Photo Date:  2/21/2016  Upload Date: 2/21/2016 11:07:06 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 923(AEM7) AMTK 917(AEM7)
Views:  455   Comments: 2
AMTK 923
Title:  AMTK 923
Description:  AEM-7 #923, built in 1981. Retired in 2016.
Photo Date:  2/21/2016  Upload Date: 2/21/2016 11:08:00 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 923(AEM7)
Views:  391   Comments: 1
AMTK ;17
Title:  AMTK ;17
Description:  AEM-7 #917, built in 1981. Retired in 2016.
Photo Date:  2/21/2016  Upload Date: 2/21/2016 11:08:47 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 917(AEM7)
Views:  403   Comments: 1
AMTK 828
Title:  AMTK 828
Description:  Built in 1993. Retired, and now serving as a training unit
Photo Date:  2/21/2016  Upload Date: 2/26/2017 5:58:09 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 828(P40DC)
Views:  860   Comments: 3
AMTK 928 & 901
Title:  AMTK 928 & 901
Description:  Retired Amtrak AEM-7's along side of the Wilmington Shops
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/4/2016 11:52:01 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 928(AEM7) AMTK 901(AEM7)
Views:  983   Comments: 3
Retired Amtrak Baggage Cars
Title:  Retired Amtrak Baggage Cars
Description:  At the Amtrak Wilmington Shops
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/4/2016 11:52:37 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  656   Comments: 2
AMTK 940
Title:  AMTK 940
Description:  Built in 1981. Retired at the Amtrak shops in Wilmington
Photo Date:  2/26/2017  Upload Date: 2/26/2017 5:28:30 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 940(AEM7)
Views:  741   Comments: 4
AMTK 901
Title:  AMTK 901
Description:  Built in 1980. Retired by Amtrak in 2012
Photo Date:  2/26/2017  Upload Date: 2/26/2017 5:29:50 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 901(AEM7)
Views:  777   Comments: 2
AMTK 664
Title:  AMTK 664
Description:  Retired HHP-8 #664 at the Amtrak shops in Wilmington
Photo Date:  2/26/2017  Upload Date: 2/26/2017 5:30:31 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 664(HHP8)
Views:  1014   Comments: 4
AMTK 925
Title:  AMTK 925
Description:  Retired Amtrak AEM-7 stored at the car shops in Bear for disposition
Photo Date:  4/17/2017  Upload Date: 4/17/2017 8:48:23 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 925(AEM7)
Views:  976   Comments: 2
AMTK 948
Title:  AMTK 948
Description:  Retired Amtrak AEM-7 stored at the car shops in Bear for disposition
Photo Date:  4/17/2017  Upload Date: 4/17/2017 8:48:50 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 948(AEM7)
Views:  642   Comments: 1
AMTK 946
Title:  AMTK 946
Description:  Retired Amtrak AEM-7 stored at the car shops in Bear for disposition. (#946 was one of two AEM-7's that took part in the Amtrak "Farewell to the AEM-7" excursion in June of 2016)
Photo Date:  4/17/2017  Upload Date: 4/17/2017 8:49:19 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 946(AEM7)
Views:  803   Comments: 2
AMTK 927
Title:  AMTK 927
Description:  Retired Amtrak AEM-7 stored at the car shops in Bear for disposition
Photo Date:  4/17/2017  Upload Date: 4/17/2017 8:50:01 PM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 927(AEM7)
Views:  718   Comments: 2
AMTK 2162
Title:  AMTK 2162
Description:  Recently arrived, mothballed Amtrak Turboliner (RTL III) in Adams Yard. Shown is powercar #2162
Photo Date:  1/14/2018  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 4:45:25 PM
Location:  North Brunswick, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 2162(Turbotrain)
Views:  1208   Comments: 4
AMTK 2284
Title:  AMTK 2284
Description:  Recently arrived, mothballed Amtrak Turboliner (RTL III) coach in Adams Yard.
Photo Date:  1/14/2018  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 4:46:00 PM
Location:  North Brunswick, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  664   Comments: 2
Amtrak (RTL III) Turboliner
Title:  Amtrak (RTL III) Turboliner
Description:  Rebuilt and entered service in 2003, then withdrawn less than a year later, this Turboliner set had been in storage in Bear, DE for the 13 years. It was brought to Adams Yard on January 11th 2018 to be used in the training of local law enforcement.
Photo Date:  1/14/2018  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 4:48:28 PM
Location:  North Brunswick, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 2162(Turbotrain)
Views:  1688   Comments: 4
Amtrak Geeps
Title:  Amtrak Geeps
Description:  Idling in Adams Yard in between the Turboliner set and main line
Photo Date:  1/14/2018  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 4:46:52 PM
Location:  North Brunswick, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(GP38H-3) AMTK 527(GP38H-3) AMTK 2162(Turbotrain)
Views:  532   Comments: 2
AMTK 16806
Title:  AMTK 16806
Description:  Inside Amtrak's Adams Yard MoW base
Photo Date:  1/14/2018  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 4:51:18 PM
Location:  North Brunswick, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  462   Comments: 2
AMTK 17005
Title:  AMTK 17005
Description:  Former Amtrak coach in Adams Yard
Photo Date:  1/14/2018  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 4:56:25 PM
Location:  North Brunswick, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  503   Comments: 1
Amtrak - Adams Yard
Title:  Amtrak - Adams Yard
Description:  Mothballed Amtrak Turboliner set and GP38H-3s
Photo Date:  1/14/2018  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 4:51:56 PM
Location:  North Brunswick, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 523(GP38H-3) AMTK 527(GP38H-3) AMTK 2162(Turbotrain)
Views:  1403   Comments: 2
AMTK 2150
Title:  AMTK 2150
Description:  Retired Amtrak Turboliner in Adams Yard. Shot taken from Amtrak Keystone Service #650
Photo Date:  8/9/2018  Upload Date: 8/17/2018 10:40:44 AM
Location:  North Brunswick, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 2150(Turboliner)
Views:  403   Comments: 1
ex Amtrak Equipment
Title:  ex Amtrak Equipment
Description:  A line of former Amtrak locomotives, temporarily stored at MILHAM Interlocking, awaits a new lease on life at LTEX Rail in Ohio
Photo Date:  6/26/2019  Upload Date: 6/26/2019 8:53:57 PM
Location:  Hamilton Township, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LTEX 828(P40DC) LTEX 401(F40PHR) LTEX 408(F40PHR) LTEX 404(F40PHR) LTEX 402(F40PHR) BUGX 409(F40PHR)
Views:  1537   Comments: 3
LTEX 828
Title:  LTEX 828
Description:  Built in 1993 as Amtrak #828. Awaiting shipment to LTEX
Photo Date:  6/26/2019  Upload Date: 6/26/2019 8:54:28 PM
Location:  Hamilton Township, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LTEX 828(P40DC) AMTK 828(P40DC)
Views:  1068   Comments: 2
LTEX 401
Title:  LTEX 401
Description:  Built in 1987 as Amtrak #401. After spending many years mothballed at the car shops in Bear, DE, #401 has a new lease on life at LTEX Rail in Ohio.
Photo Date:  6/26/2019  Upload Date: 6/26/2019 8:55:00 PM
Location:  Hamilton Township, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LTEX 401(F40PHR) AMTK 401(F40PHR)
Views:  1191   Comments: 3
LTEX 408
Title:  LTEX 408
Description:  Built in 1988 as Amtrak #408.
Photo Date:  6/26/2019  Upload Date: 6/26/2019 8:55:30 PM
Location:  Hamilton Township, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LTEX 408(F40PHR) AMTK 408(F40PHR)
Views:  1007   Comments: 3
LTEX 404
Title:  LTEX 404
Description:  Built in 1987 as Amtrak #404
Photo Date:  6/26/2019  Upload Date: 6/26/2019 8:56:05 PM
Location:  Hamilton Township, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LTEX 404(F40PHR) AMTK 404(F40PHR)
Views:  680   Comments: 1
LTEX 402
Title:  LTEX 402
Description:  Built in 1987 as Amtrak #402
Photo Date:  6/26/2019  Upload Date: 6/26/2019 8:56:41 PM
Location:  Hamilton Township, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LTEX 402(F40PHR) AMTK 402(F40PHR)
Views:  705   Comments: 2
BUGX 409
Title:  BUGX 409
Description:  Built in 1988 as Amtrak #409
Photo Date:  6/26/2019  Upload Date: 6/26/2019 8:57:10 PM
Location:  Hamilton Township, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BUGX 409(F40PHR) AMTK 409(F40PHR)
Views:  1286   Comments: 3
ex Amtrak Equipment
Title:  ex Amtrak Equipment
Description:  A line of former Amtrak locomotives, temporarily stored at MILLHAM Interlocking, awaits a new lease on life at LTEX Rail in Ohio. The out of service MILLHAM Tower can be seen across the main line
Photo Date:  6/26/2019  Upload Date: 6/26/2019 8:57:37 PM
Location:  Hamilton Township, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BUGX 409(F40PHR) LTEX 402(F40PHR) LTEX 404(F40PHR) LTEX 408(F40PHR) LTEX 401(F40PHR) LTEX 828(P40DC) LTEX 402(F40PHR) LTEX 828(P40DC) LTEX 401(F40PHR) LTEX 408(F40PHR) LTEX 404(F40PHR)
Views:  1325   Comments: 3
Amtrak HHP-8's
Title:  Amtrak HHP-8's
Description:  Retired Amtrak HHP-8's at the shops in Wilmington, DE
Photo Date:  2/28/2020  Upload Date: 2/28/2020 10:16:20 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 693(HHP8) AMTK 688(HHP8)
Views:  928   Comments: 1
AMTK 659
Title:  AMTK 659
Description:  Retired Amtrak HHP-8 at the shops in Wilmington, DE
Photo Date:  2/28/2020  Upload Date: 2/28/2020 10:16:58 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 659(HHP8)
Views:  208   Comments: 1

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