F40PH

espeefoamer

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November 2003
From: West Coast
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Posted by espeefoamer on Sunday, October 17, 2004 4:36 PM

It seems that most of the units that get sent to Larry's get the "blue tip wrench"
(scrapping torch) treatment[:(].

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eolafan

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December 2001
From: Aurora, IL
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Posted by eolafan on Sunday, October 17, 2004 10:47 AM

Just way a recent photo of the yard at Larry's Truck and Electric in Ohio and they had at least two Amtrak F40 units there. Wonder what is going to happen to them, scrap or rebuild...believe Larry's does both. Any ideas?

Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim)

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csxengineer98

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October 2002
From: US
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Posted by csxengineer98 on Sunday, October 17, 2004 3:30 AM

yes csx has 2 of them..and they are for the jacksonville brass when they want to take a sight seeing trip.. "take a tour of their railroad"....train....in which they all sit around the loung car kicking back some cold ones and looking out the window...saying to eachother..."what yard is that? and do we realy want to spend our bonuse money to fix it..or should we just close it"...
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ericsp

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May 2015
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Posted by ericsp on Sunday, October 17, 2004 12:23 AM

What did CSXT do with its F7s?

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Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 15, 2004 12:57 PM

CSX has two F40PH-2's, #'s 9992 & 9993, which they acquired in August 1999. They are exAmtrak 390 & 395 respectively - http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/html/FE7A.html

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AntonioFP45

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December 2003
From: Good ol' USA
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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Friday, October 15, 2004 6:07 AM

They've actually been around a few years.

The picture shows them in the 3 tone scheme. About three years ago they were repainted into the current "C & O Wannabe" dark blue paint scheme.

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