Penn Central

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Penn Central E-unit, coming...



...and going...


Actually, it sat there all day, idling.

Wayne

Actually, thats a tricky unit! Notice that it only has three road numbers. This means its an Amtrak unit, not Penn Central. The general rule of thumb (even today) is that amtrak only has three digit road numbers, (except for some GG1s loaned from Penn Central just before conrail, and some other GG1s had "4"s added in frong of their 900 series road number right before the AEM7s came in. there may be a few other 4 digit freaks on amtrak, but not many). Early in amtrak, the railroad just wasn't able to keep up with painting all its units.

Penn Centrals surviving Es were all in the 4000 through 4300 series road numbers, with MANY gaps, between units going to amtrak and others just dieing permanently.