A recently rebuilt NPCU is in the shops. Photo taken with permission and PPE.
A recently rebuilt NPCU is on the pit. Photo taken with permission and PPE.
NOT a heritage unit. The 90368 has been Phase III for its entire NPCU life even though the last time it was repainted, Phase V was the norm. I caught it heading up the Pere Marquette begi... (more)
From this angle it's hard to tell, but it's no longer an F40. The prime mover was removed and it's just an NPCU (Non Powered Control Unit), albeit with HEP capability. It was made to look as muc... (more)
AMTK 90218, the NPCU "Oakland" (formerly F40PH #218) brings Amtrak California San Joaquin train #712 to a stop at the Martinez, CA Amtrak Station.
The usual NPCU trails on the rear of a westbound Hiawatha, passing the original Milwaukee Road searchlights at A-20.
A Phase III NPCU leads a eastbound Hiawatha train out of Milwaukee.
With his hand on the horn, the engineer of Amtrak's Cascades honks for a crossing along the UP Brooklyn Subdivision in the Willamette Valley.
Amtrak Phase II NPCU 90368 brings up the rear of a westbound Hiawatha, passing Lake on the south side of Milwaukee.
Amtrak NPCU #90218, the "Oakland", trails on the rear of San Joaquin train #711 as it departs Martinez.
Amtrak's 406 lays over in Kansas City for a trip to Topeka in the morning as an auto rack train glides by on the KCT main.
Amtrak's 311, The Missouri River Runner, is led by Phase III 406 and Amtrak's Exhibit Train. 311 has just finished its station stop at Independence and is finishing the last leg into Kansas City w... (more)
In the shop for some TLC.
Detail shot of a truck on this former F40.
Freshly painted and rebuilt NPCUs (former F40s) rest in the yard. Photo taken on RR property with permission.
