Amtrak’s Wilmington and Bear, Del., shops recently disposed of the last for the F40PHR units for Amtrak and has sent the first P40-8 to scrap that was not wrecked. The units are headed to Larry’s truck Electric in Lordstown, Ohio, where they are expected to be parted out by the locomotive dealer. While the firm has experience with Amtrak F40PHs in the past this is the first LTEX GE Genesis series locomotive acquisition.
It will likely will not be its last as Amtrak will begin retirements of the P40 and P42 fleet next year. Amtrak P40 828 was kept as a training platform at the Wilmington shops after it was retired from active service in 2005.
Though it is now rusted through in several spots, the unit had some recent upgrades including an electric bell to familiarize Amtrak employees over the years.
