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Amtrak engine
Posted by Christian H on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:49 AM

Hi,

 todays top engiine of the Amtrak is the P42. My question:

Some say P42 some say AMD103. What is correct is it the same engine?

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Posted by TomDiehl on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:07 PM

The designation AMD-103 was the basic design that includes the P32, P40, and P42. Possibly other variations.

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Posted by Lehigh Valley 2089 on Saturday, April 28, 2012 5:53 PM

Actually, I don't think that the P42 is THE number one engine of Amtrak. I think the Acela Express is the number one today (yes, I know it is a "trainset", but it acts as one engine).

To answer your question, however, the previos post is right.

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