News Photo: Amtrak Chargers testing in Michigan

News Photo: Amtrak Chargers testing in Michigan

By Trains Staff | October 28, 2021

| Last updated on April 4, 2024


Locomotives engaged in PTC work on Amtrak-owned line

Black locomotive with blue stripes leads short train at night
Siemens ALC42 No. 301 leads an Amtrak test train at Chelsea, Mich., on Oct. 28, 2021. David Patch

An Amtrak test extra — with Siemens Charger ALC42 locomotives Nos. 301 and 300 bracketing a Horizon car and a Viewliner baggage car — heads west from Chelsea, Mich., during the wee hours of Oct. 28, 2021. Nighttime PTC testing for the new locomotives is based at nearby Jackson, Mich. — David Patch

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