Night time at Union Station with the new Charger locomotive.

Close up of Amtraks new spaceship at PDX.

The new Charger locomotive has made it down to Portland and is sitting on the lead track for Union Station.

The first two Amtrak Cascades Chargers to arrive in the Pacific Northwest, #1400 and 1403.

The first two Amtrak Cascades Chargers to arrive in the Pacific Northwest, #1400 and 1403.

Variety abounds at the 18th Street Locomotive Shop. The Siemens Testing Charger prepares to make its first run. The 406 heritage unit rests nearby.

Colorado-Bound

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It Had that “New Locomotive” Smell!

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So Clean You Could Eat Off the Floor – But We Opted Not To

Washington State Department of Transportation 1402, a Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric passenger locomotive, rolled out of t... (more)

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CDTX 2101, a new Siemens SC-44 Charger sporting the Amtrak California paint scheme, shoves a cab car out onto the wye and becomes the first unit of its class in the state of California to operate ... (more)

After a two hour wait, i was able to witness the future of passenger locomotives on a test train between Portland and Seattle. Built in 2016, the "Charger"locomotive was very quiet and pretty slee... (more)

The old and the new in focus. Originally opening in 1896, Portland, Oregon's Union Station has hosted a variety of railroads and their interesting motive power over the years, and today, it got a ... (more)

I believe this is the first Charger (Siemens SC44) to operate on a train on the West Coast. Here the 4611 destined for service with IDOT, pulls a test train with AMTK 467 on the tail end. It wi... (more)