0:22 So that's what 487 looked like when she was in service. I found her on an abandoned siding near Whippany, NJ in 2013 coupled up to a bunch of other old Amtrak equipment. It was mostly coaches from the "rainbow" era, some still wearing BN paint. I then heard she was scrapped in 2014.
@SUBWAY125 Yes. The Hancock Air whistle looks like a large square speaker but is actually a whistle with a square-shaped deflector behind it. They had a nice sound to them but were really not loud enough.
Matt Attack I believe all were mostly either scrapped, left abandoned, or sold to other private railroads. I saw a couple FL9s left on a siding on the Northeast Corridor on a trip going to New York. I live in Louisiana, and the Kansas City Southern actually has some F-units left (not counting the business train engines), although I believe they are no longer used in service.
Here's what Wikipedia says on the subject: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_FL9#Legacy Note that the voltage on both of New York's 3rd rail networks has been increased (not sure when, but must have been fairly recently), so the voltage would be too high for the FL9s even if you fixed the 3rd rail shoes -- might work for a while but would probably cause frequent commutator burnout and overheating problems.
0:22 So that's what 487 looked like when she was in service. I found her on an abandoned siding near Whippany, NJ in 2013 coupled up to a bunch of other old Amtrak equipment. It was mostly coaches from the "rainbow" era, some still wearing BN paint. I then heard she was scrapped in 2014.
thank you very much for posting these. excellent work sir!
Great video! That K5LA at 1:57 is unbelievable!
@SUBWAY125 Yes. The Hancock Air whistle looks like a large square speaker but is actually a whistle with a square-shaped deflector behind it. They had a nice sound to them but were really not loud enough.
Most of them got sold to private companies and shorelines like the Maine Eastern.
All of Metro-North's are still used in work service.
Wow!!! Nice work indeed!
Perfect Video!
When were these shots taken?
3:04 , 3:36 : Hancock air whistle!!!
Thank Tha Express
what happend to amtraks FL9's ?
Matt Attack I believe all were mostly either scrapped, left abandoned, or sold to other private railroads. I saw a couple FL9s left on a siding on the Northeast Corridor on a trip going to New York. I live in Louisiana, and the Kansas City Southern actually has some F-units left (not counting the business train engines), although I believe they are no longer used in service.
Here's what Wikipedia says on the subject: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_FL9#Legacy
Note that the voltage on both of New York's 3rd rail networks has been increased (not sure when, but must have been fairly recently), so the voltage would be too high for the FL9s even if you fixed the 3rd rail shoes -- might work for a while but would probably cause frequent commutator burnout and overheating problems.
1:44 O_O