Amtrak F units

[espeefoamer]

Amtrak's FL9s lasted into the early 1990s.

[AntonioFP45]

Amtrak's F units were retired by the mid 1970s. E units lingered a little longer (yes I even saw one running in 79!). The 3,000 horsepowered SDP40fs and later F40PHs quickly relegated the Fs and E units to the auction block or scrap pile.

Good news is that some of those old timers are in service today on museum and tourist lines.

[tree68]

Or do you also mean the E's? The nose was pretty much identical to the F's, and they shared a lot of components, but they were two different birds.

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

Amtrak had a relatively small number of passenger F's, primarily to handle the Empire Builder west of Havre MT and the San Francisco Zephyr west of Denver. The Super Chief/El Capitan was handled by 74 F's leased from ATSF. All were pretty much replaced by the SDP40F's in the mid-1970's.

[nanaimo73]

The March 1981 roster had 2 65 ton GE, 1 45 ton GE, 2 LRC, 24 RS3, 190 F40PH, 31 E9A, 24 E8AU, 2 E8A, 6 E9B, 6 FL9, 2 FP7, 37 SDP40F, 23 P30CH, 15 SW1, 1 S2, 4 GP7, 8 GP9U, 12 GP7U.
Electrics 47 AEM7, 7 E60CP, 19 E60CH, 22 GG1.

[ShaunCN]

i mean the old Funits (F7's, F9's)

[TomDiehl]

Do you mean the heritage F Units inherited from the railroads or the newer F40's and F59's?

The newer ones can be found at http://www.on-track-on-line.com/amtrak-roster.shtml

[ShaunCN]

first question, is thier a roster out thier for Amtrak F units? IF so how do i tell the diff between certain F unit models? lastly how close together are A&B units coupled? looks closer than normal. [:)]