Amtrak 107 (P42DC)

Amtrak P42DC No. 107 is a GE Genesis locomotive owned by Amtrak that operates on diesel-powered Amtrak routes. It was built by General Electric in the Summer of 1997, and delivered in Phase IV Northeast Corridor paint. It was originally allocated to Wilmington, Delaware for maintenance and was part of the Northeast Corridor Keystone Pool, usually operating on Keystone trains between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It also substituted on trains in the Northeast Corridor Virginia Pool, such as the Twilight Shoreliner. In 2003, the 107 was reallocated for maintenance at Albany-Rensselaer, New York and became a part of the Northeast Corridor North Pool, usually operating on trains on the Upstate portion of the Empire Corridor, and routes in New England based out of New Haven, Connecticut and Boston, Massachusetts, such as the Maple Leaf, Vermonter, and the Downeaster. In 2004, the 107 was repainted in Phase Vb paint. The 107 would travel to Albany-Rensselaer for routine maintenance from New England attached to the Boston section of the long-distance Lake Shore Limited. In 2008, the 107 began getting maintenance in Chicago, Illinois in addition to Albany-Rensselaer, traveling to and from New England and Upstate New York on the Lake Shore Limited, and also began sometimes operating on other routes outside the NEC North Pool such as Illinois Service routes based out of Chicago. The 107 has also occasionally operated on Northeast Regional trains on the Northeast Corridor in cases of the breakdown or shut-off that causes electric locomotives not to able to run, as it is one of the original P42DCs to be equipped with Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System, which is the NEC's original version of Positive Train Control. Notably, the 107 has been seen operating on trains 65/66/67 the overnight Northeast Regionals when night catenary work requires a shutoff of electric power from Boston to Washington DC. The 107 also has a K5LA Hybrid horn, differing from the standard series of K5LAs on most P42s. While the 107 remains allocated mainly to New York and New England, as of early September 2020, it has been seen working the Pennsylvanian trains between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, indicating that the 107 may soon have regular assignments on other eastern routes based out of Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
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Category:Amtrak locomotives