Amtrak Phases

[nealknows]

Joe, forgot to add this site which gives you images of most locomotives and rolling stock; both passenger and freight...

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk.html

[angelob6660]

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riogrande5761

Here is a photo of phase 4 

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/680128/

There is a phase 4 and 4b I believe but I haven't followed those closely so maybe a modern Amtrak fan can fill in on those better.

 

 

 

Actually this is Phase 4:

http://www.trainweb.org/amtrakpix/paintschemes/AMTK012A.jpg

Your pic is Phase 5. (Well the engines are. The cars are Ph. 4 or 4b)

 

http://www.trainweb.org/amtrakpix/paintschemes/paintschemes.html

 

The picture that riogrande5761 shown is a consist of Phase IV Superliner II cars. Phase IVb or Phase VI (by Amtrak) has a reflective red sill on the bottom near the trucks with the new logo that started in 2002.

[cv_acr]

riogrande5761

Here is a photo of phase 4 

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/680128/

There is a phase 4 and 4b I believe but I haven't followed those closely so maybe a modern Amtrak fan can fill in on those better.

Actually this is Phase 4:

http://www.trainweb.org/amtrakpix/paintschemes/AMTK012A.jpg

Your pic is Phase 5. (Well the engines are. The cars are Ph. 4 or 4b)

 

http://www.trainweb.org/amtrakpix/paintschemes/paintschemes.html

[gmpullman]

I often search the contributions at Flickr where many photos can be found.

Some are organized into groups:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/909201@N24/pool/

https://www.flickr.com/groups/2174556@N20/pool/

Otherwise, you can search for, say, early Amtrak and see what comes up. Often, but not necessarily, the photos are dated and some background is provided.

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=early%20amtrak

Hope that helps, Ed

[riogrande5761]

The wiki is a good guide but real world photo's help to give a better sense of how those were implimented.

For example, even though phase 2 was introduced in 1974 and phase 3 in 1976, there were still quite a few passenger cars and some engines running in the pointless arrow phase 1 in 1980 and later.

Also note the Superliner 1 cars were delivered in 1978 and 1979 in phase 2 paint even though phase 3 had been introduced in late 1974.  In fact, the Superliner 1 cars remained in phase 2 into the mid-1980's as they were slowly repainted into phase 3 (long distance trains usually had a mix of both during the 1985-late 1980's period.

 This link shows the engines in phase 2 and the passenger cars in phase 1.  Phase 1 and 2 are very similar except phase 2 the pointless arrow on white background was eliminated.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/370249/

This photo shows a phase 2 engine in front and a phase 1 engine following and a bi-level passenger car in phase 2

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/369780/

This photo shows a leading in engine in Phase 2 and the second engine and most passenger cars in phase 3.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/692995/

Here is a photo of phase 4 

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/680128/

There is a phase 4 and 4b I believe but I haven't followed those closely so maybe a modern Amtrak fan can fill in on those better.

 

 

[nealknows]

Joe, 

Try this link for some information. Should be a great help to you and others..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak_paint_schemes

Neal

[joe323]

Can anyone show pics of each phase paint scheme and tell me about when they were used?